1. Anne Knight was an English social reformer, abolitionist and pioneer of feminism.
10 Facts About Anne Knight
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Anne Knight attended the 1840 Anti-Slavery convention, where the need to improve women's rights became obvious.
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In 1847 Knight produced what is thought to be the first leaflet for women's suffrage and formed the first UK women's suffrage organisation in Sheffield in 1851.
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Anne Knight was the daughter of William Knight, a Chelmsford grocer, and his wife Priscilla Allen.
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Anne Knight worked closely with other leading abolitionists: Thomas Clarkson, Elizabeth Pease and Joseph Sturge.
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When women were prevented from participating in the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London in 1840, Anne Knight was outraged and started to campaign for women's rights.
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In 1847 Anne Knight produced what is considered the first leaflet for women's suffrage.
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Anne Knight moved to France in 1846 and participated in the revolution of 1848, and attended the international peace conference in Paris in 1849.
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Anne Knight died at Waldersbach, near Strasbourg, France, on 4 November 1862, at the house of the grandson of Jean-Frederic Oberlin, a philanthropist whose work she revered.
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Some new student accommodation at the University of Essex, Anne Knight House, is named after her.