Mrs Elizabeth Harcourt Mitchel

Gender: Female

Marital Status: Married

Born: 1833

Occupation: Amateur artist

Main Suffrage Society: CCNSWS

Other Societies: LSWS

Society Role: CCNSWS general committee member (1893); LSWS vice president

1866 Petition: Yes

Petition Area: Llanfrechfa, Caerleon, Monmouthshire, Scotland

Sources:

Other sources: https://www.parliament.uk/1866
Elizabeth Crawford, The Women's Suffrage Movement in Britain and Ireland: A Regional Survey (2006)

Further Information:

Additional Information: Elizabeth appears to have been involved with suffrage campaigning for some years after signing the 1866 petition. She was a member of the general committee of the Central Committee of the NSWS (CCNSWS) in 1893; was present at a WSPU meeting in Newport, Wales, in 1909; and acted briefly as a vice president for the London Society for Women's Suffrage (LSWS) in 1910.

Other Suffrage Activities: She exhibited as an amateur artist with the Society of Lady Artists, published some poems and articles, and was a member of the Society for the Promotion of Employment for Women (1864?1902).

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