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Mary Gawthorpe

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Mary Gawthorpe socialist and suffragette lived here 1905-1907. Born in Woodhouse, she struggled to achieve financial independence as a school teacher. Inspired by Christabel Pankhurst, she was imprisoned in Holloway for her protests at the House of Commons and elsewhere. She was a Women's Social and Political Union organiser and sat on its national committee. 1881-1973

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