Elizabeth Pease Nichol
English activist (1807–1897) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Elizabeth Nichol (née Pease; 5 January 1807 – 3 February 1897) was an English abolitionist, anti-segregationist, woman suffragist, chartist[1] and anti-vivisectionist.[2] She was active in the Peace Society, the Temperance movement and founded the Darlington Ladies Anti-Slavery Society. In 1853 she married Dr. John Pringle Nichol (1804–1859), Regius Professor of Astronomy at the University of Glasgow. She was one of about six women who were in the painting of the World Anti-Slavery Convention of 1840.[3]
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Born | Elizabeth Pease 5 January 1807 Darlington, England |
Died | 3 February 1897(1897-02-03) (aged 90) Edinburgh, Scotland |
Nationality | British |
Known for | Abolitionist and suffragist |
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