Lillian Metge | |
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Born | Lillian Margaret Grubb 22 June 1871 Belfast, Ireland |
Died | 10 May 1954 Dublin, Ireland | (aged 82)
Burial place | Deansgrange Cemetery, Dublin, Ireland |
Known for | Bombing Lisburn Cathedral |
Movement | Suffragette |
Spouse(s) | |
Children | 2 |
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Awards | Hunger Strike Medal 'for Valour' |
Lillian Margaret Metge (née Grubb; 22 June 1871 – 10 May 1954) was an Anglo-Irish suffragette and women's rights campaigner. She founded the Lisburn Suffrage Society, which she left to become a militant activist, leading on an explosion at the Anglican Lisburn Cathedral in Ireland. She was imprisoned briefly, and awarded a Women's Social and Political Union Hunger Strike medal. She continued her campaign, albeit peacefully, during and after World War I.