(Mary) Monica Whately (30 November 1889 – 12 September 1960) was a Britishsuffragist and political activist.
Monica Whately in French magazine Les femmes dans l'action mondiale dated 1st October 1934.
Lifeedit
Born in the Brompton area of London, Whately studied at the London School of Economics. In 1912, she and her mother, Maude, were founder members of the Catholic Women's Suffrage Society. In 1918, this became the St Joan's Social and Political Union, and Whately was appointed as its secretary. In 1921, she was a founder of the Six Point Group, which campaigned for women's rights, and was also active in the National Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship and the Open Door Society.[1]
^ abc""Whately, (Mary) Monica". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/63900. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^"Whately, Monica Mary BA, (1890-1960)" in Cheryl Law, Women, a modern political dictionary. London, I.B. Tauris, 2000. ISBN186064502X (p.154).
^ abPotts, Archie (2018). "WHATELY, Monica (1889-1960) FEMINIST AND CHRISTIAN SOCIALIST". In Gildart, Keith; Howell, David (eds.). Dictionary of Labour Biography. Vol. XIV. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 283.
March 20, 2024
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