Beatrice Mary Graves (-1950) née Leake was the daughter of Robert Leake MP of The Dales, Whitefield, Lancashire. In 1882 she married the Hon W Spencer Paget Graves, a Commander in the Royal Navy, and was widowed in 1909. She was, from 1910, Honorary Treasurer of the London Society for Women's Suffrage. She died in 1950.
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This scrapbook consists of press cuttings and ephemera. The album is subtitled 'The Fight as I saw it' and is subdivided into two sections: 1905-1918 and 1918-1928. In addition to press cuttings, the earlier section includes a rich collection of suffrage ephemera comprising a wide range of material: a paper rosette worn in a procession, tickets, invitation cards, a serviette, pamphlets, programmes, postcards, stamps and fliers. The later section covers subjects such as women's work in the First World War, Scottish Women's Hospitals, women in Parliament and obituaries of Emily Davies. It consists mainly of press cuttings and printed ephemera but also included are postcards of the Bimbo Toy Factory; a postcard of 'The London Suffragist' ambulance; and an original photograph of Emily Davies. Also included are two letters from Millicent Garret Fawcett to Mrs Graves.
The Women's Library holds 2 letters of Mrs Spencer Graves in the Autograph Letter Collection (9/01/0571 and 9/01/1094) and there is further correspondence amongst the records of the London Society for Women's Suffrage (2LSW/1/E/2/35). A photographic postcard of the Scottish Women's Hospital at Reni, 1917, was removed by the Visual Materials Indexer, Veronica Perkins, in 1989 and is now TWL.2002.665 in the Postcard Collection.
GB 106 10/05 1905-1928 fonds 1 A box (1 volume - 99 pages) Graves , Beatrice Mary , d 1950
Beatrice Mary Graves (-1950) née Leake was the daughter of Robert Leake MP of The Dales, Whitefield, Lancashire. In 1882 she married the Hon W Spencer Paget Graves, a Commander in the Royal Navy, and was widowed in 1909. She was, from 1910, Honorary Treasurer of the London Society for Women's Suffrage. She died in 1950.
This scrapbook consists of press cuttings and ephemera. The album is subtitled 'The Fight as I saw it' and is subdivided into two sections: 1905-1918 and 1918-1928. In addition to press cuttings, the earlier section includes a rich collection of suffrage ephemera comprising a wide range of material: a paper rosette worn in a procession, tickets, invitation cards, a serviette, pamphlets, programmes, postcards, stamps and fliers. The later section covers subjects such as women's work in the First World War, Scottish Women's Hospitals, women in Parliament and obituaries of Emily Davies. It consists mainly of press cuttings and printed ephemera but also included are postcards of the Bimbo Toy Factory; a postcard of 'The London Suffragist' ambulance; and an original photograph of Emily Davies. Also included are two letters from Millicent Garret Fawcett to Mrs Graves.
This collection is available for research. Readers are advised to contact The Women's Library in advance of their first visit.
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Collection level description available on-line on the Women's Library website
The Women's Library holds 2 letters of Mrs Spencer Graves in the Autograph Letter Collection (9/01/0571 and 9/01/1094) and there is further correspondence amongst the records of the London Society for Women's Suffrage (2LSW/1/E/2/35). A photographic postcard of the Scottish Women's Hospital at Reni, 1917, was removed by the Visual Materials Indexer, Veronica Perkins, in 1989 and is now TWL.2002.665 in the Postcard Collection.
Finding aid created by export from CALM v7.2.14 Archives Hub EAD2002. Edited for AIM25 by Sarah Drewery.
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03/04/2008 War International conflicts World war Health services Medical institutions Employment Womens employment World wars (events) Wars (events) World War One (1914-1918) Electoral systems Womens suffrage Internal politics Political leadership Politicians Women in politics Hospitals Women Graves , Beatrice Mary Spencer , née Leake , d 1950 , suffragist Fawcett , Dame , Millicent Garrett , 1847-1929 , feminist and suffragist Davies , Sarah Emily , 1830-1921 , suffragist and promoter of higher education for women x Davies , Emily Sex Sex distribution
This collection is available for research. Readers are advised to contact The Women's Library in advance of their first visit.
Collection level description available on-line on the Women's Library website