Teresa Billington-Greig

Teresa Billington-Greig
A head and shoulders photograph of Teresa Billington-Greig
Born
Teresa Mary Billington

(1876-10-15)15 October 1876
Preston, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Died21 October 1964(1964-10-21) (aged 88)
London, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
Other namesTBG
Alma materManchester University
Occupation(s)Writer, suffragist
Notable workThe Militant Suffrage Movement
The Consumer in Revolt
Spouse
Frederick Lewis Greig
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(m. 1907)​
ChildrenFiona Billington Greig (1915 - 1996)

Teresa Billington-Greig (15 October 1876 – 21 October 1964) was a British suffragette who was one of the founders of the Women's Freedom League in 1907. She had left the Women's Social and Political Union - also known as the WSPU – as she considered the leadership led by Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters too autocratic. In 1904, she was appointed by the WSPU as a travelling speaker for the organisation. In Autumn 1906, Billington-Greig was tasked with drumming up support for branches of WSPU in Scotland.[1] On 25 April 1906, she unveiled a 'Votes for Women' banner from the Ladies Gallery during the debate in the House of Commons.[2] In June 1906, she was arrested in a fracas outside of Chancellor of the Exchequer H. H. Asquith's home, and as a result was the first suffragette to be incarcerated in Holloway Prison.[3]

She founded the Women's Billiards Association in 1931. Her publications include The Militant Suffrage Movement (1911), which contained criticism of suffragettes' tactics, and The Consumer in Revolt (1912), which explored links between consumerism and feminism. Her archives are held at the Women's Library at the London School of Economics.

  1. ^ Leneman, Leah (2000). The Scottish Suffragettes. Edinburgh: National Museums of Scotland. pp. 10–11.
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