She addressed an open-air meeting to an audience of 1000 in Hastings, alongside Evelyn Wharry and Victor Duval. Despite being an active member of the WSPU, there is no record of Elsie taking part in militancy at this time.Įlsie campaigned on behalf of the WSPU at the general election in 1910. She once had Emmeline Pankhurst stay for a night when she gave a talk in nearby Cambridge. Whilst at Girton she became a committed suffragette, taking part in informal activism such as giving out Votes for Women to others and organising suffrage events for her peers. After spending some time in Paris, Elsie continued her education at Girton College, Cambridge where she studied for the Medieval and Modern Languages Tripos and received a class II in her final examinations in 1911. She later wrote the biography of Frances Dove, her headmistress during her time at Wycombe. She attended Wycombe Abbey as a boarder from the age of 11 in 1901, becoming the youngest student there. Her father, William, was a prosperous businessman and died when Elsie was five years old. Elsie Edith Bowerman (18 December 1889 – 18 October 1973) was a British lawyer, suffragette, political activist, and RMS Titanic survivor.Įlsie Edith Bowerman was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, the only daughter of William Bowerman and his wife Edith Martha Barber.
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