Emily Blathwayt
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Emily Marion Blathwayt was a British suffragette and mother of Mary Blathwayt. She and her husband, Linley, a retired Colonel from the Indian Army lived at Eagle House in Somerset and established a we
Emily Blathwayt in 1911
Emily Blathwayt watering a tree in 1909 at Eagle House
Vera Wentworth
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Vera Wentworth was a British suffragette, nurse and playwright. She notably door-stepped and then assaulted the Prime Minister on two occasions. She was incarcerated for the cause of women's enfranchi
Emily Blathwayt
…Carrington's meeting and all resisted police and two working men were arrested. The women would not pay the fine." Later in the campaign, other actions by Vera Wentworth and Elsie Howey (who had stayed with the Blathwayts) were considered violent towards the Prime Minister, leading to Emily herself resigning from the…
Vera Wentworth 1909. Blathwayt, Col Linley
Millicent Browne planting a tree at Eagle House (suffragette's rest) with Mary Phillips, Vera Wentworth, Elsie Howey and Annie Kenney
New York, August 1913. "Suffragettes on hike to Boston." Front to back - Elsie McKenzie, Elisabeth Freeman, Vera Wentworth and "Colonel" Ida Craft (with sash). 'Asquith' the horse pulled the caravan. According to contemporary reports he needed much urging, hence his name!