Gertrude Eaton was a Welsh singer, and co-founder of the Society of Women Musicians.
13 Facts About Gertrude Eaton
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Gertrude Eaton was active as a suffragist, and on the issue of prison reform.
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Gertrude Eaton was born in 1864, in Swansea, the fifth daughter of businessman and magistrate Robert Eaton of Bryn-y-mor, and his wife Helen.
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Gertrude Eaton studied music in Italy, and from 1894 to 1897 at the Royal College of Music.
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In 1911, Gertrude Eaton co-founded the Society of Women Musicians with composers Katharine Emily Eggar and Marion Scott.
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The first meeting was held in October 1911, when Gertrude Eaton was elected treasurer; she spoke at that first meeting.
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Gertrude Eaton served a term as president of the Society from 1916 to 1917.
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Gertrude Eaton was active on the issues of suffrage and prison reform, and served a term as president of the Howard League for Penal Reform.
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Gertrude Eaton used her musical training to teach fellow activists to use their voices for confident public speaking.
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Gertrude Eaton evaded the census in 1911 as part of an organized suffrage protest.
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Gertrude Eaton was said to be "instrumental" in getting penal reform on the agenda of the League of Nations.
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Gertrude Eaton was one of the British delegates to the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom meeting in Zurich, Switzerland in 1919.
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Gertrude Eaton died on 8 March 1939, aged 77 or 78, at Hampstead.