Julia Scurr

Overview

Julia Scurr (née Sullivan) born Limehouse, East London, England February 17, 1873 (d. 1927). British labor leader and suffragist. Led deputation to prime minister representing 1000 women protesting unemployment, 1905. Fed 7,000 dock workers' children in dock strike, 1912. Opposed World War I; marched in women’s East End peace march, broken up by patriots, 1917. Arrested as Poplar councilor for tax refusal, 1921; in response, declared: “No Surrender”; six weeks in Holloway prison led to her death.

Quotations

“We are happy about going to prison for a principle. We expect all working women to carry on the fight.” (Labour Research, Oct. 2009; photo spartacus.org)