Miss Emily Bovell

Gender: Female

Marital Status: Married

Education: Queens College London and Edinburgh University

Occupation: Teacher in 1866 but later qualified as a doctor

1866 Petition: Yes

Petition Area: 34 Gloucester Terrace, London, Middlesex, England

Sources:

Other sources: https://www.parliament.uk/1866
Anne Dingsdale, 'Generous and Lofty Sympathies: The Kensington Society, the 1866 Women's Suffrage Petition and the Development of Mid-Victorian Feminism' (unpublished PhD, University of Greenwich, 1995)

Further Information:

Family information: Mother was a lodging housekeeper but took in students from Queen's College, London. Emily later married Dr William Sturge.

Additional Information: Emily was a member of the Kensington Society, which was hugely influential in formulating and executing the 1866 suffrage petition.

Other Suffrage Activities: After teaching, she studied medicine at Edinburgh University and became a doctor.

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