Roe, Eleanor Grace Watney

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Roe, Eleanor Grace Watney

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  • Roe, Gracie

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Dates of existence

1 August 1885 - 1979

History

Eleanor Grace Watney Roe, only daughter of Thomas Henry Roe (1858-1927) and Eleanor Jane Watney (1863-1897), was born 1 August 1885 in Norwood, Surrey, England. She was as suffragette. In 1915 served as chief organiser of the 'Women's Right to Serve' procession in London. She was arrested, and a photograph of her was printed in the 'Daily Mirror'. After World War I she studied theosophy. On 10 August 1921 she arrived in Detroit, Michigan, with her close friend Christabel Pankhurst. Both women settled in California. During the 1930s, Grace was became involved in social work. After the Second World War Grace Roe ran a book shop and metaphysical library in Santa Barbara, California. She acted as literary executor for Christabel after her friend's death in 1958. In 1961 she was vice-president of the Suffragette Fellowship of London. Grace Roe died in Tonbridge, Kent, England in 1979.

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Norwood, Surrey, England.
Streamstown, County Westmeath, Ireland.
London, England.
Detroit, Michigan, United States of America.
Santa Barbara, California, United States of America.
Tonbridge, Kent, England.

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Roe, Annie Mary (1871 - 6 Jan 1934)

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family

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Grace Roe is the niece of Annie Roe. Grace Roe was the daughter of Thomas Henry Roe, whose brother Richard Westropp Roe was the husband of Annie Mary Roe.

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Roe, Grace Odell (c. 1831 - 1 Oct 1909)

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family

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Grace Odell Roe is the paternal grandmother of Eleanor Grace Watney Roe.

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Roe, James Lewis Westropp (9 Jul 1911 - 19 Jan 1986)

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Roe, James Lewis Westropp

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Roe, Eleanor Grace Watney

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Vice-president of the Suffragette Fellowship in 1961

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Partial

Dates of creation, revision and deletion

Jennifer Lee, August 2018.

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Sources

Atkinson, Diane. 'Rise Up Women!' London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018.

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