Edith How-Martyn

Overview

Edith How-Martyn born Erith, Kent, England June 17, 1875 (d. 1954). English suffragist, birth-control advocate, mathematician; imprisoned for suffrage protests; founder and strategist nonviolent Women's Freedom League 1907; opposed World War I; one of first women to run for parliament 1918, antiwar; first birth control clinic 1921.

Quotations

"I can use my brain better without a hat, and as I come to these meetings to use my brain, I take my hat off." (comment on St. Paul's edict, 1920, in New York Times, July 3, 1995; photo spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk)