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Leonora Cohen

Leonora Cohen

1873–1978

Nationality
United Kingdom
Occupation
suffragette

Leonora Cohen (née Throp; 15 June 1873 – 4 September 1978) was an English suffragette and trade unionist, and one of the first female magistrates.

Incarceration history

Facilities

  1. HM Prison Holloway
    Dates unknown
  2. HMP Leeds
    Dates unknown

Biography

Leonora Cohen (née Throp; 15 June 1873 – 4 September 1978) was an English suffragette and trade unionist, and one of the first female magistrates. She was known as the "Tower Suffragette" after smashing a display case in the Tower of London and acted as a bodyguard for Emmeline Pankhurst. She lived to the age of 105 and contributed to the second wave of feminism in the 1970s.

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