Leonora Cohen

Leonora Cohen
OBE
A sepia-toned portrait of a woman with wavy hair styled in an updo, wearing a high-collared lace blouse, gazing to the right with a serene expression.
Cohen in 1909
Born
Leonora Throp

(1873-06-15)15 June 1873
Hunslet, Leeds, England
Died4 September 1978(1978-09-04) (aged 105)
Colwyn Bay, Wales
Occupation(s)Milliner and activist
EmployerWomen's Social and Political Union
Known forVandalism at the Tower of London
Spouse
Henry Cohen
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(m. 1900; died 1949)​
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Children2

Leonora Cohen OBE (née Throp; 15 June 1873 – 4 September 1978) was an English suffragette and trade unionist, and one of the first female magistrates. She was known as the "Tower Suffragette" after smashing a display case in the Tower of London and acted as a bodyguard for Emmeline Pankhurst. She lived to the age of 105 and contributed to the second wave of feminism in the 1970s.

  1. ^ "Leonora Cohen (1873-1978)". The Thoresby Society. Retrieved 20 February 2020.