Edith How-Martyn

Edith How-Martyn
Edith How-Martyn in 1914
Born
Edith How

(1875-06-07)7 June 1875
Died2 February 1954(1954-02-02) (aged 78)
Sydney, Australia
NationalityBritish
EducationUniversity College, Aberystwyth
OccupationSuffragette
Spouse
George Herbert Martyn
(m. 1899)
Childrennone

Edith How-Martyn (née How; 17 June 1875 – 2 February 1954) was a British suffragette and a member of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU). She was arrested in 1906 for attempting to make a speech in the House of Commons. This was one of the first acts of suffragette militancy. She met Margaret Sanger in 1915 and they created a conference in Geneva. How-Martyn toured India talking about birth control. She had no children and died in Australia.