Edith Grey Wheelwright

Edith Grey Wheelwright (1868–1949) was a British writer and botanist. She served as Secretary to the Bath Branch of the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) from 1909 through 1913.

Edith Grey Wheelwright
Born1868 (1868)
Died1949 (aged 8081)
Clevedon, England, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
Alma materOxford
OccupationWriter, Botanist, Suffragette

Biography

Edith Wheelwright and Lilias Ashworth Hallett, 1911

Wheelwright was born in 1868 in Crowhurst, Surrey. She studied botany and geology at Oxford.[1][2]

She was the author of three novels; The Vengeance of Medea (1894), Anthony Graeme (1895), and A Slow Awakening (1902). Additionally she wrote for the publications Girl’s Own Paper and Great Thoughts.[1][2] In her later years she wrote five books on the subject of medicinal plants and gardening.[2] She began a friendship with Beatrix Potter because of their mutual interest in plants.[2]

Wheelwright initially became involved with the British suffragette movement through the Women’s Social and Political Union WSPU, but left because she preferred the non-militant stance of the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies. She was secretary of the Bath Branch of the NUWSS 1909 through 1913.[1]

Wheelwright died 24 September 1949 in Clevedon from accidental coal gas poisoning.[2]

References

  1. "Edith Gray Wheelwright". Suffragette Stories. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  2. Hobbs, Helen (6 April 2018). "Edith Gray Wheelwright". Sydney Buildings - Bath. Retrieved 30 May 2019.

Further reading

"Medicinal Plants and Their History" by Edith Grey Wheelwright ISBN 0486231038


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