Margaret Nevinson

Overview

Margaret Nevinson (née Jones) born Leicester, England January 11, 1858 (d. 1932). British social reformer; suffragist. Co-founded nonviolent Women's Freedom League, 1907; her writings encouraged tax refusal and boycott of the 1911 census. Opposed World War I; promoted the League of Nations; vice-president of Women's Peace Crusade.

Quotations

"We are going to be guilty of a very great act of rebellion." (Middlesborough, North-Eastern Daily Gazette, March 29, 1911, Liddington, "Women do not count, neither shall they be counted"; photo http://bit.ly/qQve9o)