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Edith 'Biddy' Lanchester (28 July 1871 – 26 March 1966) was an English socialist, feminist and suffragette. She became well known in 1895 when her family had her incarcerated in an asylum for planning to live with her lover, who was an Irish, working-class labourer.
Nov 30, 2020 · Edith Lanchester was a socialist and suffragist who refused to marry and lived with her lover. She was forcibly committed to a lunatic asylum by her family and abused, but later became a communist activist and the mother of actress Elsa Lanchester.
Oct 10, 2021 · In the autumn of 1895 Edith Lanchester was 24. Born into a middle-class family, she had studied at the Birkbeck Institute and worked as a City clerk. She was also already a seasoned socialist campaigner; her ringing voice, it was said, could command the attention of the most hostile of crowds.
Feb 5, 2018 · Many people know of the famous Catford born actress Elsa Lanchester, but what do you know of her socialist and feminist mother, Edith? Edith ‘Biddy’ Lanchester was born in Hove, Sussex on 28 July 1871.
Dec 16, 2021 · Edith Lanchester was a 24-year-old socialist clerk who refused to marry a factory worker in 1895. Her father had her abducted and committed to a lunatic asylum, claiming she was insane due to over-education.
Oct 25, 2018 · On 25 October 1895, Edith Lanchester was kidnapped by her father and brothers, sectioned, and forcibly incarcerated in a lunatic asylum – her punishment for announcing her plan to live unmarried with her lover.
May 30, 2023 · Edith Lanchester was a socialist campaigner and a strong feminist voice in women’s history, born into a wealthy middle-class family, but insistent on challenging many of the oppressive elements of her time.
