| Short name |
Violet Rosa Markham |
| VIAF |
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| First name |
Violet Rosa |
| Maiden name |
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| Married name |
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| Alternative name |
Mrs Violet Rosa Carruthers
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| Date of birth |
1872 |
| Date of death |
1959 |
| Flourishing |
- |
| Sex |
Female |
| Place of birth |
England |
| Place of death |
- |
| Lived in |
England
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| Place of residence notes |
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| Related to |
-
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| Bibliography |
Riedi, Elizabeth L., Imperialist Women in Edwardian Britain: The Victoria League 1899-1914. (PhD Thesis submitted at University of St. Andrews, 1998) |
| Provisional Notes |
Anti-Suffragette. Liberal and imperialist.
Granddaughter of Joseph Paxton (designer of the Chrystal Palace)
Mayor of Chesterfield in 1927.
Married aged 43 to James Carruthers.
Travelled to South Africa in 1899, further inspiring her imperialistic views. Afterwards wrote imperialistic propaganda. (Riedi, pp. 9-10) |