Emmeline Pethwick-Lawrence
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EMMELINE |
| In 1881 Emmeline Pethick left Weston for London and worked as “a sister of the people” for the West London Mission until 1895. She married Fred Lawrence in 1901 and the couple took the joint name Pethick-Lawrence. She met suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst in 1906 and became an enthusiastic member of the Suffrage Society, as did her husband. The couple were imprisoned in 1912 for conspiracy following demonstrations that involved the breaking of windows. |
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| A falling out with the Pankhursts left Emmeline and Fred ostracised from the movement, but she never stopped campaigning for electoral equality. In 1945 she became Lady Pethick-Lawrence when her husband was made a baron. Plaque on the gate pillar next to Lewisham House, 80 Bristol Road Lower. BS23 2RS |