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Mary Phillips

Mary Phillips

1880–1969

Nationality
United Kingdom
Occupation
women's rights activist

Mary Elizabeth Phillips (15 July 1880 – 21 June 1969) was an English suffragette, feminist and socialist.

Incarceration history

Facilities

  1. HM Prison Holloway
    Dates unknown

Biography

Mary Elizabeth Phillips (15 July 1880 – 21 June 1969) was an English suffragette, feminist and socialist. She was the longest prison serving suffragette. She worked for Christabel Pankhurst but was sacked; she then worked for Sylvia Pankhurst as Mary Pederson or Mary Paterson. In later life she supported women's and children's organisations.

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