Helen Bosanquet

Dates: 1860 - 1925

Lived at: 13 Heathgate

Suffrage organisation(s):

• None explicitly listed, but signed a petition for the extension of the franchise to women

Key roles:

• Pioneer of Social Work,
• Member of the Royal Commission on the Poor Law,
• Outspoken advocate for working class women's rights and the enfranchisement of women

1911 Census:

• Complied

Militant Activities:

• n/a

Other achievements:

• Was a social theorist, reformer and economist.
• Worked for the Charity Organisation Society in London and was a co-signatory of a petition for women's suffrage,
• Wrote to national press refuting anti-suffrage arguments and advocating for universal women's suffrage.

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