Catherine Marshall (suffragette)

This article is about the suffragette. For the author, see Catherine Marshall.
Catherine Marshall

Catherine Marshall in 1916. This may be the photograph used for permission to visit her love, Clifford Allen in the military prison at Newhaven.[1]
Born (1880-04-29)29 April 1880
Harrow on the Hill
Died 22 March 1961(1961-03-22) (aged 80)
Nationality British
Education St Leonards School
Known for suffragist and pacifist

Catherine Elizabeth Marshall (29 April 1880 – 22 March 1961) was a suffragist and campaigner against conscription during the First World War.[2]

Early life and education

She was born on 29 April 1880 in Harrow on the Hill.[3] Her father, Francis Marshall, taught mathematics at the famous Harrow School and her mother Caroline had also been a teacher.[3] She was educated privately and then at St Leonards School in Scotland for three years.[3]

She was an organizer for the No-Conscription Fellowship.[4]

Her papers are held at the National Library of Ireland.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Cyril Pearce (2004), "'Typical' Conscientious Objectors — A Better Class of Conscience? No-Conscription Fellowship image management and the Manchester contribution 1916–1918", Manchester Region History Review
  2. ↑ John Simkin, "Catherine Marshall", Spartacus
  3. 1 2 3 Jo Vellacott (2004), doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/38527 "Marshall, Catherine Elizabeth (1880–1961)" Check |url= value (help), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press)
  4. ↑ http://www.ppu.org.uk/learn/infodocs/cos/st_co_wwone.html
  5. ↑ http://sources.nli.ie/Record/MS_UR_086455


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