Mary Gawthorpe and Women's Social and Political Union blue plaque

This blue commemorative plaque records: Mary Gawthorpe socialist and suffragette lived here 1905-1907. Born in Woodhouse, she struggled to achieve financial independence as a school teacher. Inspired by Christabel Pankhurst, she was imprisoned in Holloway for her protests at the House of Commons and elsewhere. She was a Women's Social and Political Union organiser and sat on its national committee. 1881-1973 Recorded plaque organisation: Leeds Civic Trust.

Mary Gawthorpe was a prominent British suffragette and socialist who fought for women’s right to vote, participating in protests that led to her imprisonment; she served as an organizer and on the national committee of the Women's Social and Political Union.