Mrs Hannah Wallis
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Born: 1816
Died: 1901
Occupation: Governess and later ran boarding school
1866 Petition: Yes
Petition Area: 6 Hawkshead Street, Southport, Lancashire, England
Other sources: https://www.parliament.uk/1866
Elizabeth Crawford, The Women's Suffrage Movement in Britain and Ireland: A Regional Survey (2006)
Family information: Mother and sister opened school attended by members of the Bright family. Hannah became a lifelong friend (see Other Activities). Married Arthur Wallis (bookseller and printer).
Other Suffrage Activities: Hannah Wallis was a Quaker and governess to Helen Bright Clark. Helen's daughter Hilda later attended Hannah's Southport School, which she opened after the death of her husband, Arthur Wallis, a Brighton printer and bookseller.