Deborah Bowring
Deborah Bowring | |
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| Born | 30 July 1816 |
| Died | 28 July 1902 |
| Nationality | British |
| Known for | Philanthropy |
| Spouse | Sir John Bowring |
Lady Deborah Bowring born Deborah Castle (30 July 1816 – 28 July 1902) was a British suffragist and philanthropist.
Life
She was born in 1816. Her parents were Mary and Thomas Castle and they lived in Clifton near Bristol. Her parents were Unitarian.[1] She was friends with Mary Carpenter, but she had stronger views about the need for women to demand the right to vote.[2]
When she was 42 she married
She became a vice-president of the ''Bristol and West of England Society for Women's Suffrage''. Her husband died in 1872 and the following year she published a book of his poetry to which she attached a biography she had written.[4]
In 1879 she was one of the people whose views were quoted in a book regarding women's opinions about women's suffrage. Bowring made the important point that although she paid taxes, she was denied political representation. She also confirmed her strong opinion regarding giving the vote to women.[5]
Death and legacies
Bowring died in Heavitree near Exeter in 1902 still a vice-president of the Bristol and West of England Society for Women's Suffrage. She left a painting and a bust of her husband to the Albert Memorial Museum. Her husband had been one of the museum's founders and they had both supported it.[1]
References
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/56282. Retrieved 16 December 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ a b "Bowring, Lady (Deborah)". Devon History Society. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ^ "Racial tensions mixed with a dash of arsenic and yeast". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ^ Bowring, John; Bowring, lady Deborah Castle (1873). A Memorial Volume of Sacred Poetry. Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer.
- ^ Opinions of Women on Women's Suffrage. 1879.
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