Mary Atkinson (suffragette)

Mary Atkinson
Born	19th century Lancashire, England
Known for	Suffragist activism

Mary Atkinson was a British suffragette and trade unionist.

Biography

Born in Lancashire, Mary Atkinson grew up in Brierfield. She worked as a textile worker and joined the Textile Committee (Lancashire and Cheshire Women Textile and other Worker's Representation Committee). ^[1] In 1910, she began her campaign for women's suffrage and became a member of the Nelson & Clitheroe Suffrage Society, alongside Harriette Beanland, Margaret Aldersley, Cissy Foley, Clara Staton and Selina Cooper. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

See also

• Women's suffrage
• Suffragette
• List of suffragists and suffragettes
• List of British suffragists and suffragettes
• Feminism in the United Kingdom

References

1. Jill Liddington, Jill Norris (18 March 2018). Histoire des suffragistes radicales : Le combat oublié des ouvrières du nord de l'Angleterre (in French). Libertalia. p. 560. ISBN   978-2-37729-038-3 . Retrieved 9 September 2018.
2. Crawford, Elizabeth (15 April 2013). The Women's Suffrage Movement in Britain and Ireland. Routledge. p. 320. ISBN   978-1-136-01062-0 . Retrieved 9 September 2018.
3. Crawford, Elizabeth (2 September 2003). The Women's Suffrage Movement. Routledge. p. 800. ISBN   1-135-43402-6 . Retrieved 9 September 2018.
4. Holton, Sandra Stanley (18 December 2003). Feminism and Democracy : Women's Suffrage and Reform Politics in Britain, 1900-1918. Cambridge University Press. p. 220. ISBN   978-0-521-52121-5 . Retrieved 9 September 2018.