Victoria Lidiard

Victoria Lidiard
Born
Victoria Simmons

(1889-12-23)23 December 1889
Bristol, England
Died3 October 1992(1992-10-03) (aged 102)
Hove, England
NationalityBritish

Victoria Lidiard (23 December 1889 – 3 October 1992) was a British social activist, optician and Christian author, reputed to be the longest surviving suffragette in the UK.[1] Lidiard campaigned for animal welfare, vegetarianism and the ordination of women.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b Hoffman, Bella (19 October 1992). "Obituary: Victoria Lidiard". The Independent. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022.
  2. ^ Leneman, Leah (1997). "The awakened instinct: vegetarianism and the women's suffrage movement in Britain". Women's History Review. 6 (2): 271–287. doi:10.1080/09612029700200144. S2CID 144004487.