Mary Sheepshanks
Mary Sheepshanks
Dates: 1872-1960
Lived at: 89 Erskine Hill in the 1920s
Suffrage organisation(s):
- Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU),
- National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS),
- International Women's Suffrage Alliance (IWSA)
Key roles:
- Vice-President of Morley College,
- Secretary of the IWSA,
- Editor of Ius Suffragii (The Law of Suffrage – the journal of the IWSA)
1911 Census:
Militant Activities:
- Was initially a member of the WSPU but later campaigned for the more moderate NUWSS due to her pacifism.
- She admired the bravery of more militant suffragettes but disagreed with their violent actions.
Other achievements:
- Campaigner for peace and the victims of war,
- Welcomed refugees from Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Russia to her home.
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