Lady Laura Ridding
Lady Laura Ridding | |
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 by Ernest Mills | |
| Born | 26 March 1849 Harley Street, London, England |
| Died | 22 May 1939 (aged 90) |
| Nationality | British |
| Known for | President of the National Union of Women Workers |
| Spouse | George Ridding |
Lady Laura Elizabeth Ridding born (née Palmer; 26 March 1849 – 22 May 1939) was a British biographer, suffragist and philanthropist.
Life[edit]
Ridding was born in Harley Street. Her father, Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne, had married Lady Laura Waldegrave, daughter of William Waldegrave, 8th Earl Waldegrave, in 1848. They had five children and she was their eldest.[1]
In 1876 she married George Ridding, the first bishop of Southwell, and became known as Lady Laura Ridding.[1]
In 1885 she founded the National Union of Women Workers at a conference in Nottingham that she had organised. She founded the organisation with the writer Louise Creighton and the administrator Emily Janes.[2] Although it was called a union its purpose was to co-ordinate the voluntary efforts of women across Great Britain.[1] It said that it would "promote sympathy of thought and purpose among the women of Great Britain and Ireland"[3] Creighton became the first President and in time Ridding would also serve.[2]
Ridding wrote five biographies, the first three volumes were for her husband. She then wrote a biography of her nephew Robert Palmer and a fifth about her sister Laura Palmer.[1]
Ridding moved to the rectory in Wonston in 1904 and died there in 1939.
Works[edit]
- George Ridding, schoolmaster and bishop
- 43rd head of Winchester, 1866–1884
- first bishop of Southwell, 1884–1904 (1908)
- The Life of Robert Palmer, 1888–1916 (1921)
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Serena Kelly, ‘Ridding , Lady Laura Elizabeth (1849–1939)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 22 Nov 2017
- ^ a b M. Boussahba-Bravard (28 February 2007). Suffrage Outside Suffragism: Britain 1880-1914. Palgrave Macmillan UK. pp. 108–110. ISBN 978-0-230-80131-8.
- ^ "Socities [sic] Which Help Women And Children. No. 1. The National Union Of Woman Workers". chestofbooks.com. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
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- 1849 births
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- People from Marylebone
- English biographers
- British suffragists
- Writers from London
- Presidents of the National Council of Women of Great Britain
- Daughters of British earls
- Palmer family
- 19th-century English women writers
- 19th-century English people
- 20th-century English women
- 20th-century English people
- 19th-century British women writers
- 20th-century women writers
- English women writers
- English women activists
- English women philanthropists
- 19th-century British philanthropists
- 20th-century British philanthropists
- British women biographers
- Philanthropists from London
- 20th-century women philanthropists
- 19th-century women philanthropists