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Daisy Solomon
South African suffragette (1882–1978) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Daisy Dorothea Solomon (1882–1978) was posted as a human letter in the British suffragette campaign[1] using a quirk in the postal system to approach the Prime Minister who would not receive a delegation of women demanding the right to vote. Solomon was secretary to suffragette groups and imprisoned for protest,[2] and went on hunger strike.[3]
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Born | Daisy Dorothea Solomon 1882 Cape Town, Cape Colony |
Died | 1978(1978-00-00) (aged 95–96) |
Known for | suffragette activism, sent as a human letter to the Prime Minister and secretary to equal rights organisations |
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Relatives | brother: Saul Solomon, Supreme Court judge South Africa brother: William Ewart Gladstone Solomon, principal Bombay School of Art India |
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