Lydia Becker
19th-century British activist and suffragist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lydia Ernestine Becker (24 February 1827 – 18 July 1890) was a leader in the early British suffrage movement, as well as an amateur scientist with interests in biology and astronomy. She established Manchester as a centre for the suffrage movement and with Richard Pankhurst she arranged for the first woman to vote in a British election and a court case was unsuccessfully brought to exploit the precedent. Becker is also remembered for founding and publishing the Women's Suffrage Journal between 1870 and 1890.
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Born | Lydia Ernestine Becker 24 February 1827[citation needed] |
Died | 18 July 1890 (aged 63) Aix-les-Bains, Savoie, France |
Nationality | English |
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