Jessie Boucherett

Other sources: https://www.parliament.uk/1866
Elizabeth Crawford, The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide, 1866?1928 (2001)

Database linked sources: https://www.suffrageresources.org.uk/activity/3212/to-what-extent-did-women-have-different-views-aims-and
https://www.suffrageresources.org.uk/activity/3213/whats-the-story-of-votes-for-women-in-my-local
https://www.suffrageresources.org.uk/activity/3214/how-effective-was-the-votes-for-women-campaign-in-bristol

Family information: Father, Ayscogne Boucherett, was High Sheriff of Lincolnshire. Sister to Louisa Boucherett.

Additional Information: Jessie was involved in drafting the 1866 petition, which she signed along with her mother and sister, and she subscribed to several suffrage societies: the Enfranchisement of Women Committee (EWC), making the largest donation in 1866?7 (£25); the London NSWS in 1867; the Manchester National Society in 1868; the Edinburgh National Society in 1869; and the Bristol branch of the NSWS in 1873, while living there with her sister. She was also an executive committee member of the Central Committee of the NSWS from 1875. She contributed articles to the English Woman's Journal and sold some of her diamonds to ensure its survival when it hit financial difficulties, as well as editing its successor, Englishwoman's Review. Other articles included 'Hints for Self Help for Young Women' (1863), 'The Probable Use Women Would Make of the Political Franchise' (paper, 1870) and 'The Condition of Working Women and the Factory Acts' (1896, with Helen Blackburn).

Other Suffrage Activities: Jessie's will upon her death indicates her involvement with other social reform causes. She left considerable monies to the Society for the Promotion of the Employment of Women; the Freedom of Labour Defence Society (which aimed to protect women from unfair labour legislation); and the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection.