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Ellen Oliver (suffragette)
Ellen Frederica Oliver (16 July 1870 – 8 July 1921) was a British suffragette, purity activist and a follower of the Panacea Society, who was the first person to recognise Mabel Barltrop as a prophet in the movement. Biography Born on 16 July 1870 in Guernsey, Oliver was one of nine children of Samuel Pasfield Oliver, a geographer, and his wife Clara. Oliver's education appears to have been sporadic, and she did not learn to read and write until she was eleven years old. Independently wealthy due to her family's income, she travelled as a young woman to Mauritius (where her mother was born), New Zealand and possibly Jamaica. After Oliver's return from travelling, she joined the suffrage movement and became a member of the Women's Social and Political Union. She was active between 1912 and 1914, volunteering a secretary to the Worthing WSPU branch during that period. She was imprisoned in Holloway Gaol as a result of her suffrage activism. Religious, Oliver was a member of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suffragette
A suffragette was a member of an activist women's organisation in the early 20th century who, under the banner "Votes for Women", fought for the right to vote in public elections in the United Kingdom. The term refers in particular to members of the British Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), a women-only movement founded in 1903 by Emmeline Pankhurst, which engaged in direct action and civil disobedience. In 1906, a reporter writing in the '' Daily Mail'' coined the term ''suffragette'' for the WSPU, derived from suffragist (any person advocating for voting rights), in order to belittle the women advocating women's suffrage. The militants embraced the new name, even adopting it for use as the title of the newspaper published by the WSPU. Women had won the right to vote in several countries by the end of the 19th century; in 1893, New Zealand became the first self-governing country to grant the vote to all women over the age of 21. When by 1903 women in Britain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panacea Society
The Panacea Society was a millenarian religious group in Bedford, England. Founded in 1919, it followed the teachings of the Devonshire prophetess Joanna Southcott, who died in 1814, and campaigned for Southcott's sealed box of prophecies to be opened according to her instructions. The society believed Bedford (within a three mile radius of their church) to be the original site of the Garden of Eden. History The Society's inspiration was the teachings of the Devonshire prophetess Joanna Southcott (1750–1814). It was founded by Mabel Barltrop in 1919 at 12 Albany Road, Bedford. A clergyman's widow, Barltrop declared herself the 'daughter of God', took the name ''Octavia'' and believed herself to be the Shiloh of Southcott's prophecies. Barltrop had originally heard of Southcott via a leaflet written by Alice Seymour. She and 12 apostles founded the Society, originally called the ''Community of the Holy Ghost''. A central purpose of the Society was to persuade 24 Anglican bish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
