Florence Elizabeth Lockwood was an English suffragist and political activist who was mainly active in West Yorkshire, United Kingdom.
16 Facts About Florence Lockwood
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Florence Lockwood spent most of her childhood in Portsmouth, living with her parents and five siblings.
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Florence Lockwood's father was a naval doctor and she had a comfortable middle-class upbringing.
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In 1887, Lockwood moved to London to study at the prestigious Slade Art School.
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Florence Lockwood then spent several years travelling in Europe, before returning to live alone in London, to make a modest career as an artist.
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In 1902, Florence Lockwood married Josiah Florence Lockwood, a woollen manufacturer, and moved to Black Rock House in Linthwaite, a village in the Colne Valley, in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
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Florence Lockwood first became involved in public political work in around 1907, and for the next fifteen years she was a significant figure in local politics.
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Florence Lockwood was originally converted to the suffrage cause after hearing Emmeline Pankhurst of the Women's Social and Political Union speak at the 1907 Colne Valley by-election.
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Florence Lockwood served on the executives of the Huddersfield Branch of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies, and the Huddersfield branch of its successor organisation, the National Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship.
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Florence Lockwood was President of Colne Valley Women's Liberal Association and served on the Huddersfield Liberal Executive.
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Florence Lockwood was President of Linthwaite District Nursing Association and worked as a Poor Law Guardian.
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Florence Lockwood attended Women's Peace Crusade and Women's International League meetings and was on the executive of the Huddersfield branch of the Union of Democratic Control.
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Florence Lockwood had retired from political work by around 1921.
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Florence Lockwood retained her gift for sketching and painting throughout her life.
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Florence Lockwood was vice-president of Huddersfield Art Society and exhibited her work locally.
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When her husband Josiah Florence Lockwood died in 1924 she moved to London.