Annie Coultate (née de Lacy, c. 1856 – 1931) was an English teacher and suffragist in York.[1] She founded the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) branch in York in 1910.
Annie Coultate | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1856 Fulford, North Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 1931 Acomb, Yorkshire, England |
Burial place | St Stephen's Church, Acomb, Yorkshire, England |
| Occupation | Teacher |
| Known for | Suffragette activism |
Life
editActivism
editCoultate became involved in campaigning for women's enfranchisement after being inspired by a talk given by Emmeline Pankhurst in York during 1908.[6] She founded the local Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) branch in York in 1910, when she was 55 years old.[5][7] Coultate organised speakers from the Scarborough WSPU branch, including Adela Pankhurst and Marion Mackenzie, to address the branch in York, and spoke at Scarborough WSPU meetings in return.[8]
Coultate's activism included selling the Votes for Women newspaper from door to door around York,[9] organising the local suffragette boycott of the 1911 census with Violet Key Jones,[3][5][10] and helping Lilian Lenton escape house arrest during her release from prison under the Cat and Mouse Act.[5]
Death
editCoultate died in Acomb in 1931 and was buried at St. Stephen's Church, Acomb, North Yorkshire, England.[2]
References
edit- 1 2 "Annie Coultate". Visit York. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
- 1 2 "Annie Coultate". HerStoryYork, York Museums Trust. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
- 1 2 "Suffragettes". York Civic Trust. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
- ↑ Cowman, Krista (2007). The Militant Suffragette Movement in York. Borthwick Publications. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-904497-21-9.
- 1 2 3 4 Rainger, Christopher. "Annie Coultate". Mapping Women's Suffrage 1911. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
- ↑ "Trailblazing York". York Festival of Ideas. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
- ↑ "How the census has changed and what it can tell us about the past and our lives today". Yorkshire Post. 17 March 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
- ↑ Waters, Michael (1 January 2018). "The Campaign for Women's Suffrage in York and the 1911 Census Evasion". Yorkshire Archaeological Journal. 90 (1): 178–194. doi:10.1080/00844276.2018.1465692. ISSN 0084-4276.
- ↑ Rainger, Christopher (30 January 2019). "LETTER: Remembering York's suffragettes". York Press. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
- ↑ Liddington, Jill (1 January 2014). Vanishing for the vote: Suffrage, citizenship and the battle for the census. Manchester University Press. p. 359. ISBN 978-1-84779-888-6.