Name/TitleDorset Hall 1906 - 1935
MakerThe John Innes Society
About this objectSlim paperback publication titled 'Dorset Hall 1906 - 1935: A House, A Family, A Cause'. Researched, written, edited and designed by the historical sub-committee of the John Innes Society. Produced for an exhibition of the same title, held at the Coach House, Merton Park, London SW19 in June 1994.
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, paper
MeasurementsH: 208 x W: 145 mm
Date Made1994
Place MadeEngland, London
Publication Date1994
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://www.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/post/blue-plaque-for-dorset-hall:
In February 2021, Mapping Women’s Suffrage ran a story about a new campaign to ‘Save Dorset Hall’ the former home of Women’s Social and Political (WSPU) campaigner and suffragette Rose Lamartine Yates in Wimbledon. The campaign was started by women’s rights campaigner and local resident Barbara Gorna who among her many other achievements was architect of the Sex Discrimination (No. 2) Bill, now part of the Equality Act 2010, and has recently been commissioned to co-write a new book on suffragettes in Paris. Barbara submitted Rose and her Dorset Hall home, where she lived with husband Tom and son Paul, to the project for inclusion on the suffrage map. Dorset Hall was not only Rose’s home but also served as a hub for suffragette activity with WSPU activists Mary Leigh, Mary Gawthorpe and Emily Wilding Davison (with whom Rose was good friends) among her many visitors. t was through this collaboration we learned about Barbara’s ‘Save Dorset Hall’ campaign. She explained how she was saddened to see the derelict building on her commute, abandoned and dishevelled, despite its rich suffrage history. Barbara was determined to rescue it and we were eager to support her wonderful campaign, and so published a promotional blog about its aims and ambitions. You can read Barbara’s 2021 blog below for more details. Mapping Women’s Suffrage is now thrilled to report on the fabulous progress Barbara and her team have made. She lately reports that ‘Dorset Hall is now firmly on the map. After almost three years of campaigning, the roof is fixed…and…it also now has a blue plaque [continues]’.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Lamartine_Yates:
Rose Emma Lamartine Yates (née Janau; 23 February 1875 – 5 November 1954) was an English social campaigner and suffragette. She was educated at the Sorbonne and Oxford. Together with her lawyer husband she worked for female suffrage from 1908 and during the First World War, and was willing to suffer arrest and incarceration for her beliefs. She travelled widely, giving lectures. She and her husband were also leading members of the Cyclists' Touring Club. After the war she was elected to the London County Council, where she campaigned for equal pay for men and women, better public housing, and the provision of nursery education. She later led the building of an archive of the suffrage campaign [continues].
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's history
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's suffrage, right to vote
Subject and Association Keywordssuffragettes, militant suffrage campaign
Subject and Association Keywordspolitics, political activism
Subject and Association KeywordsWomen's Social and Political Union (WSPU)
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeBook
Object numberGWL-2011-11-7
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved