Alice Westlake

Alice Westlake (1842 –11 August 1923) was an English painter, engraver and activist for women's rights.

Alice Westlake
Zennor Churchyard
Born1842
Died11 August 1923 (1923-08-12) (aged 81)
Chelsea, London
NationalityEnglish
Known forPainter, engraver and activist for women's rights
Spouse(s)John Westlake
Parent(s)Sir Thomas Hare
Mary née Samson

The daughter of Sir Thomas Hare, she was born Alice Hare. In 1864, she married legal scholar John Westlake. The couple lived in London and West Cornwall.[1] In 1876, she was elected to the London School Board[2] for Marylebone division; she held that position until 1888.[3] She also served on the London School Board Election Committee and so was able to help other women candidates win seats on the London School Board.[4]

Westlake exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1875 to 1877;[5] she also exhibited at the Paris Salon.[6] Her work is included in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London.[5][7]

She was also active in the suffragist movement. She and her sister Katherine both signed John Stuart Mill's 1866 women's suffrage petition.[8] Westlake was a member of the Langham Place group.[3] She was closely involved with Elizabeth Garrett Anderson's hospital for women and served on the central committee of the National Society for Women's Suffrage.[6]

Her portrait, painted by Lowes Cato Dickinson, is held by University College Hospital in London.[7]

References
  1. Foster, Joseph (1885). Men-at-the-bar: A Biographical Hand-list of the Members of the Various Inns of Court, Including Her Majesty's Judges, Etc. Reeves and Turner. p. 488.
  2. The Western Antiquary; Or, Devon and Cornwall Notebook. Volume 5. 1886. p. 169.
  3. McCulloch, Gary (2005). The RoutledgeFalmer Reader in History of Education. p. 121. ISBN 0415345693.
  4. Martin, Jane (2010). Women and the Politics of Schooling in Victorian and Edwardian England. p. 65. ISBN 978-0826426369.
  5. Benezit Dictionary of British Graphic Artists and Illustrators. Volume 1. Oxford University Press. 2012. p. 555. ISBN 978-0199923052.
  6. Holmes, Rachel (2014). Eleanor Marx: A Life. pp. 166–167. ISBN 978-1408843239.
  7. Wright, Christopher; Gordon, Catherine May (2006). British and Irish Paintings in Public Collections: An Index of British and Irish Oil Paintings by Artists Born Before 1870 in Public and Institutional Collections in the United Kingdom and Ireland. pp. 300, 817. ISBN 0300117302.
  8. Crawford, Elizabeth (2003). The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide 1866-1928. p. 275. ISBN 1135434026.
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