Alice Vickery Drysdale

Dates: 1840-1921

Lived at: 47 Rotherwick Road

Suffrage organisation(s):

• NUWSS
• Women's Political and Social Union (WPSU)
• Women's Freedom League (WFL)
• Founding member of Hendon Women’s Franchise Society which was affiliated to the United Suffragists

Key roles:

• Long term campaigner for a range of social issues, especially birth control and female emancipation.
• Member of NUWSS and WPSU before joining the WFL
• Member of the Women’s Anti-Taxation League
• Founding member of Hendon Women’s Franchise Society which was affiliated to the United Suffragists

1911 Census:

• Evaded the Census

Militant Activities:

• Refused to pay property tax. Goods distrained on several occasions

Other achievements:

• England’s first qualified female pharmacist in 1873
• Achieved a degree in midwifery in 1873
• One of the first five women registered as doctors in England in 1880

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