Muriel Matters
/Overview
Muriel Matters born Bowden, Adelaide, Australia November 12, 1877 (d. 1969). British militant suffragist; international speaker; actress and Montessori teacher. Organized English suffrage caravan, 1908. Imprisoned one month for chaining herself to ladies’ grille in parliament, 1908. Distributed pamphlet “Votes for Women” via balloon, 1909. Spoke against WWI with her speech “The False Mysticism of War”, 1915.
Quotations
“Love of humanity at large does not involve a denial of love to those nearest to us. Love international does not involve a denial of patriotism but really secures it. Some of us are convinced that humanity is above nationality.”
“Thus love is the liberator, war the enslaver.” (June 30, 1915; photo Muriel Matters Society)