Anne Ashworth
Anne Frances Ashworth | |
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Born | 1842 |
Died | 1921 (aged 78–79) |
Occupation | Feminist activist |
Anne Frances Ashworth (1842 – 1921) was a
Ashworth grew up in a
In 1871, the first elections were held to the Bath School Board, and Ashworth was elected, one of only seven women around the country to win a seat at the initial elections.[2] From 1873, she sat on the executive of the Married Women's Property Committee, and she also held membership of the Edinburgh National Society for Women's Suffrage and the Bristol and West of England Society. She did not address meetings, but supported the groups organisationally, financially, and by providing her home, Claverton Lodge, for speakers to rest after they had completed a tour.[1]
Ashworth married Joseph Cross, brother of Liberal MP John Kynaston Cross, in 1877. They moved to Cross' house in Bolton, and Ashworth joined the Manchester Society for Women's Suffrage, serving on its executive, remaining a vice-president of the group as late as 1907.[1]