Archief GB 106 7LPO - POTTESMAN, Luesa (Lisa) (1881-1959)

0.5 A box

GB 106 7LPO 1933-1956 fonds 0.5 A box Pottesman , Luesa , 1881-1959 , activist

Lisa Pottesman (1881-1959) was born in Romania in 1881 and came to London as a member of a theatre troupe. In 1903 she married Wolf Pottesman and in the early 1920s became a patient of Dr Harold Burt White, who in 1932 was subsequently struck off the Register for ' improper conduct with a lady patient' . Lisa's campaign for his re-instalment brought her into contact with Sylvia Pankhurst and a friendship developed between the two women. After Lisa's organisation of a petition to the General Medical Council, and her seeking of public support for Dr Burt White, he was reinstated in 1937. Restrictions on his practice however caused Lisa again to plead his cause with County Hall (London County Council) in 1939. He died in 1952, Lisa died in 1959.

The collection was donated to the Library in 1987, by Luesa Pottesman' s granddaughter Jill Dresden.

The archive consists of correspondence between Lisa Pottesman and Sylvia Pankhurst, letters concerning the petition for Dr. Burt White' s re-instalment, press cuttings and biographical notes about Lisa Pottesman.

This collection is available for research. Readers are advised to contact The Women' s Library in advance of their first visit.

English

Fawcett Library Catalogue

Finding aid created by export from CALM v7.2.14 Archives Hub EAD2002. Edited for AIM25 by Sarah Drewery.

In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

28/02/2008 Medical sciences Medical profession Medical personnel Physicians Political movements Protest movements People People by occupation Personnel Performing arts Pottesman , Luesa , 1881-1959 , activist x Pottesman , Lisa Pankhurst , Estelle Sylvia , 1882-1960 , suffragist and political campaigner

The collection was donated to the Library in 1987, by Luesa Pottesman' s granddaughter Jill Dresden.

The archive consists of correspondence between Lisa Pottesman and Sylvia Pankhurst, letters concerning the petition for Dr. Burt White' s re-instalment, press cuttings and biographical notes about Lisa Pottesman.

This collection is available for research. Readers are advised to contact The Women' s Library in advance of their first visit.

• Engels

• Latijn

English

Fawcett Library Catalogue

In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• Engels