Mrs Augusta Webster

Gender: Female

Marital Status: Married

Born: 1837

Died: 1894

Place of birth: Poole, Dorset, England

Education: International ? in Canada, Cambridge, Paris and Geneva

Occupation: Author

Main Suffrage Society: CCNSWS

Other Societies: LNSWS

Society Role: CCNSWS executive committee member

1866 Petition: Yes

Petition Area: Cambridge, Cambridge, England

Sources:

Other sources: https://www.parliament.uk/1866
https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw65446/Augusta-Webster-ne-Davies?LinkID=mp62981&search=sas&sText=augusta+webster&role=sit&rNo=0
Elizabeth Crawford, The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide, 1866?1928 (2001)

Further Information:

Family information: Daughter of a Vice Admiral. Married Thomas Webster, a law lecturer at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1863.

Additional Information: In 1871, Augusta was a member of the first executive committee of the Central Committee of the NSWS and was also a member of the London NSWS. In 1880, she spoke at the Grand Demonstration organised by the Central Committee of the NSWS and signed the 1884 Letter from Ladies to Members of Parliament, asking for women heads of households to enfranchised.

Other Suffrage Activities: In 1879, Augusta stood as an independent candidate in Chelsea for the London School Board, and was elected sitting for three years. After a break, she was re-elected for a further three years in 1885. During that time, she supported the introduction of technical education in elementary school.