Muriel Darton was a British suffrage activist and professional photographer who recorded the Church League for Women's Suffrage campaign and worked in London.
10 Facts About Muriel Darton
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Muriel Darton was the youngest of the seven surviving children born to Edward Hack Darton and his wife, Adeline.
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The Darton family had been involved in publishing since the 1830s, but she did not follow into the business.
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Muriel Darton photographed Theresa Garnett and Lillian Dove-Willcox for the 6 August 1909 issue of Votes for Women, illustrating the article about their trials.
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Muriel Darton photographed the General Council of the Church League for Women's Suffrage at their meeting in Brighton on 2 July 1913, and did individual portraits of Edward Lee Hicks and Rev Claude Hinscliff, founder of the CLWS.
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Muriel Darton photographed mothers and babies at the South West Ham branch of the East London Federation of Suffragettes in December 1914.
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Muriel Darton was one of the first British women to be allowed to vote.
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Muriel Darton first appears in the Electoral Register for 1919, living at Woodhouse Parade, High Road, North Finchley.
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Muriel Darton went on to run a photographic materials business with Dorothy Jolly in Crouch End, London.
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Muriel Darton died at the Royal Cancer Hospital in London on 3 January 1945, aged 62.