1. Pippa Strachey organised major suffrage demonstrations and went on to lead the Fawcett Society.
16 Facts About Pippa Strachey
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Pippa was born in Knightsbridge as the fifth child of the large Strachey family born to Sir Richard Strachey, colonial administrator and Jane Maria Strachey, writer and suffragist.
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Pippa Strachey was the sister of Pernel, Lytton and Oliver, among others.
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Pippa Strachey was educated partly at home, and partly in Fontainebleau and at Allenswood Boarding Academy in Wimbledon.
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In 1900, Pippa Strachey visited India, and the experience of independence made her decide to seek her own career.
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Pippa Strachey became a teacher at Allenswood for a few years, but then met the feminist Emily Davies, who encouraged her to join the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies.
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Strachey's mother, Jane, was a friend of Millicent Fawcett and was already active in the NUWSS, so it was relatively easy for Pippa to become a committee member, then in 1907 to become secretary of the organisation.
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Pippa's and her sister-in-law, Ray Strachey were both involved in the suffrage movement.
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Pippa Strachey supported World War I, but was unable to work in field hospitals due to her health.
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Pippa Strachey continued after the war as it became the London Society for Women's Service and, eventually, the Fawcett Society.
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Pippa Strachey nursed her mother in the 1920s, and in 1932 nursed her brother Lytton through his final illness.
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Pippa Strachey was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1951, and finally retired that year as secretary of the Fawcett Society.
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Pippa Strachey remained close to women's activism, being on the first page of 80,000 signatories of the 'Equal Pay in the public services' petition presented on behalf of the Equal Pay Campaign Committee to Parliament on 9 March 1954.
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Pippa Strachey spent her remaining years working through family papers.
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Pippa Strachey never married and died on 23 August 1968 in London.
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Wentzel talked about Pippa Strachey's speaking style, ability to mix with all social classes, and her old age.