Lydia Becker | |
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 Portrait by fellow suffragist Susan Isabel Dacre | |
| Born | Lydia Ernestine Becker 24 February 1827[citation needed] |
| Died | 18 July 1890 (aged 63) Geneva, Switzerland |
| Resting place | Cimetière de Saint-Georges |
| Nationality | English |
Lydia Ernestine Becker (24 February 1827 – 18 July 1890) was a leader in the early British suffrage movement, as well as an amateur scientist with interests in biology and astronomy. She established Manchester as a centre for the suffrage movement and with Richard Pankhurst she arranged for the first woman to vote in a British election and a court case was unsuccessfully brought to exploit the precedent. Becker is also remembered for founding and publishing the Women's Suffrage Journal between 1870 and 1890.