Elsie Duval

Elsie Diederichs Duval
Born1892
Died1919
Other namesEveline Dukes
Known forSuffragette
Political party Women's Party
MovementWomen's Social and Political Union
Spouse
(m. 1915⁠–⁠1919)
Relatives

Elsie Diederichs Duval (1892–1919) was a British suffragette. She was arrested many times throughout her life and in 1913 became the first woman to be released from Holloway Prison under the so-called 'Cat and Mouse Act'.[1]

Elsie died from heart failure on 1 January 1919 caused by septic pneumonia during the influenza epidemic.[2]

  1. ^ "Papers of Hugh Franklin and Elsie Duval - Archives Hub". archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Elsie Duval & Hugh Franklin - LSE Library". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 6 March 2021.