1. Clara Margaret Codd was a British writer, suffragette, socialist feminist, and theosophist.
11 Facts About Clara Codd
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Clara Codd went to jail for the suffragettes and then devoted her life to the Theosophical Society.
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Clara Codd was the first child of Henry Frederick Codd and Clara Virginia Codd.
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Clara Codd had nine siblings and she was taught at home by a fair number of governesses.
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Clara Codd was converted to Theosophy after hearing the first President of the Theosophical Society, Henry Steel Olcott, give a talk in Geneva.
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Clara Codd was arrested on 13 October 1908 outside the House of Commons after Emmeline Pankhurst Christabel Pankhurst and Flora Drummond had been arrested for organising "the rush" on parliament.
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Christabel Pankhurst was keen to find her a job but Clara Codd refused the offer.
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Clara Codd appeared to then drift away from the group.
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Clara Codd worked briefly as a teacher before she became more involved with the Theosophical Society.
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Clara Codd then went to their headquarters in Adyar in India for two years.
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Clara Codd never left this work as she lectured for the society around the world for the rest of her life.