Maude Royden

Dates: 1876-1956

Lived at:

• 2 South Square,
• 110 Hampstead Way (1952-death in 1956)

Suffrage organisation(s):

• National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS),
• Church League for Women's Suffrage (CLWS),
• Women's Tax Resistance League

Key roles:

• National Executive of NUWSS,
• Editor of Common Cause (NUWSS newspaper),
• First chair of CLWS,
• Member of National Council of Adult Suffrage.

1911 Census:

• Complied

Militant Activities:

• None

Other achievements:

• Advocate for women's ordination in the Church of England, coined the phrase "the Conservative Party at prayer".

Memorialised:

• Inclusion on the plinth of the Fawcett statue in Parliament Square (2018).

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