Helena Maria Lucy Swanwick CH | |
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.jpg) Helena Swanwick, taken at a debate between suffragists and anti-suffragists in October 1909 | |
| Born | Helena Maria Lucy Sickert 30 January 1864 |
| Died | 16 November 1939 (aged 75) Maidenhead, Berkshire, England |
| Other names | Helena Sickert |
| Alma mater | Girton College, Cambridge |
| Known for | Suffragist and Pacifist |
Helena Maria Lucy Swanwick CH (née Sickert; 30 January 1864 – 16 November 1939) was a British feminist and pacifist. Her autobiography, I Have Been Young (1935), gives a remarkable account of the non-militant women's suffrage campaign in the UK and of anti-war campaigning during the First World War, together with philosophical discussions of non-violence.
Swanwick's name and picture, along with 58 other women's suffrage supporters, are on the plinth of the statue of Millicent Fawcett in Parliament Square, London, unveiled in April 2018.[1][2][3]
- ^ "Historic statue of suffragist leader Millicent Fawcett unveiled in Parliament Square". Gov.uk. 24 April 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ^ Topping, Alexandra (24 April 2018). "First statue of a woman in Parliament Square unveiled". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ^ "Millicent Fawcett statue unveiling: the women and men whose names will be on the plinth". iNews. 24 April 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.