Pippa Strachey

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Pippa Strachey
CBE
Pippa Strachey, c. 1900
Born
Philippa Strachey

(1872-04-19)19 April 1872
London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Died23 August 1968(1968-08-23) (aged 96)
London, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
Alma materAllenswood Boarding Academy
OccupationSuffragist
RelativesLytton Strachey (brother)

Philippa Strachey,

suffragist. She organised major suffrage demonstrations and went on to lead the Fawcett Society
.

Life

Pippa was born in

suffragist. She was the sister of Pernel, Lytton and Oliver, among others. She was educated partly at home, and partly in Fontainebleau and at Allenswood Boarding Academy in Wimbledon. On leaving school, she largely spent her time on leisure activities, particularly playing the violin.[1]

In 1900, Strachey visited India, and the experience of independence made her decide to seek her own career. She became a teacher at Allenswood for a few years, but then met the feminist

Mud March"; this was deemed so successful, that she thereafter planned all the group's demonstrations.[1] Pippa's and her sister-in-law, Ray Strachey were both involved in the suffrage movement.[3]

Strachey supported World War I, but was unable to work in field hospitals due to her health.[1] Instead, she worked with Ray Strachey, with a particular focus on finding women good work opportunities. As a result, they founded the Women's Service Bureau, with Pippa as its unpaid secretary. She continued after the war as it became the London Society for Women's Service and, eventually, the Fawcett Society. Under her leadership, the organisation created a substantial library and purchased a building to use as a social club and headquarters.[2]

Strachey with her siblings. Left to right: Marjorie, Dorothea, Lytton, Joan Pernel, Oliver, Dick, Ralph, Pippa, Elinor, and James.

Strachey remained close to her family. She nursed her mother in the 1920s, and in 1932 nursed her brother Lytton through his final illness.

Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1951, and finally retired that year as secretary of the Fawcett Society. She spent her remaining years working through family papers.[2][1]

She never married[5] and died on 23 August 1968 in London.[1]

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/48519. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-0-8147-1078-4
    .
  3. ISBN 978-0-312-21853-9
    .
  4. ISBN 978-1-86064-502-0
    . Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  5. ^ Koch, Barbara. "Strachey, Pippa and Ray Strachey | Encyclopedia.com". Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 8 September 2019.

External links

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