Helen Archdale | |
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Born | Helen Alexander Russel 25 August 1876 Nenthorn, Scotland |
Died | 8 December 1949 St John's Wood, London, England | (aged 73)
Nationality | Scottish |
Alma mater | University of St Andrews |
Movement | Women's Social and Political Union |
Spouse |
Theodore Montgomery Archdale
(m. 1901) |
Children | Betty Archdale |
Helen Alexander Archdale (née Russel; 25 August 1876 – 8 December 1949) was a Scottish feminist, suffragette and journalist. Archdale was the Sheffield branch organiser for the Women's Social and Political Union and later its prisoners' secretary in London.
Active during the First World War, Archdale initiated a training farm for women agricultural workers in 1914. In 1917 she served as a clerical worker with Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps, transferring in 1918 to the women's department of the Ministry of National Service.[1]