Lilian Ida Lenton - a suffragette. She trained to be a dancer , but took up the cause of women's suffrage, burning down the tea house at Kew Gardens. She spent several spells in prison and became a cause celebre with an outraged public when it was heard that force-feeding nearly killed her. She was awarded a Red Cross Medal, by the French, for her services in the First World War. Lilian may have been Jewish - her father's name was Isaac and her mother's Mahalah. Mahala is a Hebrew word meaning 'tenderness' and is also used amongst American Indian tribes as the word for 'woman'. Lilian lived in Twickenham up to her death, at which time she was, I believe, living at Thames Eyot, a block of flats. She was a fellow vegetarian and worked in animal welfare after the First World War, later becoming Financial Secretary to The National Union Of Women Teachers. She had sometimes used the alias May Dennis and may have claimed to have come from Harrogate.
The story of Lilian Lenton sits uneasily with me. I believe that she readily gains our sympathy. Most suffragettes came from substantial families, whereas Lilian's father was a working carpenter. The Suffragettes achieved their aim of votes for women over thirty, married to householders. This did not benefit Lillian as she was under thirty and single, yet she had nearly died in the cause. Could she have been misguided or misled? Indeed, interviewed later in life she did state that suffrage was no use to her and that she did not use the vote when she finally got it in 1928. She gave a lot to society. When others talked, she acted, receiving nothing in return. My guess is that Lilian would have been cremated.
The story of Lilian Lenton sits uneasily with me. I believe that she readily gains our sympathy. Most suffragettes came from substantial families, whereas Lilian's father was a working carpenter. The Suffragettes achieved their aim of votes for women over thirty, married to householders. This did not benefit Lillian as she was under thirty and single, yet she had nearly died in the cause. Could she have been misguided or misled? Indeed, interviewed later in life she did state that suffrage was no use to her and that she did not use the vote when she finally got it in 1928. She gave a lot to society. When others talked, she acted, receiving nothing in return. My guess is that Lilian would have been cremated.
Lilian Ida Lenton - a suffragette. She trained to be a dancer , but took up the cause of women's suffrage, burning down the tea house at Kew Gardens. She spent several spells in prison and became a cause celebre with an outraged public when it was heard that force-feeding nearly killed her. She was awarded a Red Cross Medal, by the French, for her services in the First World War. Lilian may have been Jewish - her father's name was Isaac and her mother's Mahalah. Mahala is a Hebrew word meaning 'tenderness' and is also used amongst American Indian tribes as the word for 'woman'. Lilian lived in Twickenham up to her death, at which time she was, I believe, living at Thames Eyot, a block of flats. She was a fellow vegetarian and worked in animal welfare after the First World War, later becoming Financial Secretary to The National Union Of Women Teachers. She had sometimes used the alias May Dennis and may have claimed to have come from Harrogate.
The story of Lilian Lenton sits uneasily with me. I believe that she readily gains our sympathy. Most suffragettes came from substantial families, whereas Lilian's father was a working carpenter. The Suffragettes achieved their aim of votes for women over thirty, married to householders. This did not benefit Lillian as she was under thirty and single, yet she had nearly died in the cause. Could she have been misguided or misled? Indeed, interviewed later in life she did state that suffrage was no use to her and that she did not use the vote when she finally got it in 1928. She gave a lot to society. When others talked, she acted, receiving nothing in return. My guess is that Lilian would have been cremated.
The story of Lilian Lenton sits uneasily with me. I believe that she readily gains our sympathy. Most suffragettes came from substantial families, whereas Lilian's father was a working carpenter. The Suffragettes achieved their aim of votes for women over thirty, married to householders. This did not benefit Lillian as she was under thirty and single, yet she had nearly died in the cause. Could she have been misguided or misled? Indeed, interviewed later in life she did state that suffrage was no use to her and that she did not use the vote when she finally got it in 1928. She gave a lot to society. When others talked, she acted, receiving nothing in return. My guess is that Lilian would have been cremated.
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