# Edith Palliser > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Edith_Palliser > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Edith_Palliser.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Palliser > Source revision: 1318193419 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Edith Charlotte Bury Palliser** (22 December 1859 – 25 November 1927), was a campaigner for women’s suffrage and rights in Great Britain and Ireland. ## Early life and education Born 22 December 1859 Edith Charlotte Bury Palliser was the youngest child and only daughter to Frederick Hugh Palliser and Emily Price.[1] Her father was from an Anglo-Irish family and was an explorer and big-game hunter, however they lost much of the family fortune during the [Irish Famine](/source/Irish_Famine) and the collapse of the family plantation in [Ceylon](/source/Ceylon). In 1865 Palliser was living with her family in [Norway](/source/Norway) but her parents separated and she returned to live in [Waterford](/source/Waterford) with her mother. They lived in [Comeragh House](/source/Comeragh_House), Waterford.[2][3][4] By 1895 Palliser had moved to London where she got a position as secretary with the Central Committee of the [National Society for Women's Suffrage](/source/National_Society_for_Women's_Suffrage). Palliser was chair of the London Society for Women's Suffrage and secretary of the [National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies](/source/National_Union_of_Women's_Suffrage_Societies) as well as an executive member from 1911 to 1913. She remained with the campaign for suffrage until she retired in 1919. Palliser was the editor of [the Women's Suffrage Record](/source/The_Women's_Suffrage_Record), a quarterly newspaper which she privately funded. Her subeditor was Frances Sterling. She also was co-editor of a children's text about evolution called 'The Way the World Went Then' with [Helen Blackburn](/source/Helen_Blackburn). She was a contributor to, and board member of [The Englishwoman](/source/The_Englishwoman) a feminist paper related to the National Society for Women's Suffrage. Palliser advised on the creation of the [International Woman Suffrage Alliance](/source/International_Woman_Suffrage_Alliance) and represented [England](/source/England) in the first meeting in [Berlin](/source/Berlin) and again in [Amsterdam](/source/Amsterdam), in 1904 and 1908. In 1915 she became chair of the London Committee of the [Scottish Women's Hospitals](/source/Scottish_Women's_Hospitals) during [World War I](/source/World_War_I).[2][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] Palliser spent most of her work life living in [Kensington](/source/Kensington) and lived with Dr Mabel Paine for some time. She died 25 November 1927 in her cousin Frances Sterling's home in Sussex.[2] ## Legacy Her work during the war was commemorated by a bed in the maternity unit of the Royal Free Hospital.[2] ## Bibliography - Women's suffrage record - The way the world went then (1898) - Leading facts of the movement for the parliamentary enfranchisement of women (1900) - A letter (1906) - Preliminary notice (1906) - In support of Sir Charles McLaren's women's suffrage resolution (1907) - Wikidata item [Q107245359](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107245359) - Extract from a letter issued by the Executive Committee (1911) - Government Reform Bill and National Union policy (1912) - Whitechapel election appeal (1913) - Martial heroines : Agostina Zaragoza (1916) ## References and sources 1. *Oxford dictionary of national biography.*. Online ed. Oxford. ISBN 9780198614128. [OCLC 56568095](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56568095) 1. Crawford, Elizabeth. *Palliser, Edith Charlotte Bury*. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. [doi:10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.369188](https://doi.org/10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.369188) 1. ["Edith Charlotte Bury Palliser"](http://www.thepeerage.com/p39121.htm). *Main Page*. 2009-07-20. Retrieved 2019-09-13. 1. Crawford, E. (2001). [*The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide, 1866-1928*](https://books.google.com/books?id=giffod3v0FsC&pg=PA485). Women's and gender history. Routledge. p. 485. ISBN 978-0-415-23926-4. Retrieved 2019-09-13. 1. ["Edith Palliser to Mis Strachey"](https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/413e461e-638d-459c-a9c3-067eb090db3a). *The National Archives*. 2008-12-18. Retrieved 2019-09-13. 1. ["Nat. Un. Women's Suffrage Socs. (Edith Palliser): hopes JRM will support ballot for Women's Suffrage."](https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/05736de9-4689-4b62-b8f5-e670cf923d6a). *The National Archives*. 2008-12-18. Retrieved 2019-09-13. 1. Delap, L.; DiCenzo, M.; Ryan, L. (2006). [*Feminism and the Periodical Press, 1900-1918*](https://books.google.com/books?id=OIOECqUkUCsC&pg=PP14). No. v. 3. ES series. Historical sources of women's studies. Routledge. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-415-32028-3. Retrieved 2019-09-13. 1. ["Unreported History: the National Convention for the Defence of the Civic Rights of Women, October 1903, By Dr. Maureen Wright."](https://womenshistorynetwork.org/unreported-history-the-national-convention-for-the-defence-of-the-civic-rights-of-women-october-1903-by-dr-maureen-wright/). *Women's History Network*. 2019-01-08. Retrieved 2019-09-13. 1. Crawford, E. (2013). [*The Women's Suffrage Movement in Britain and Ireland: A Regional Survey*](https://books.google.com/books?id=8uoe5GSopaUC&pg=PA297). Women's and Gender History. Taylor & Francis. p. 297. ISBN 978-1-136-01062-0. Retrieved 2019-09-13. 1. Star, Morning (2016-12-04). ["Impressive life of feminist pioneer"](https://morningstaronline.co.uk/a-855d-impressive-life-of-feminist-pioneer-1). *Morning Star*. Retrieved 2019-09-13. 1. ["Women's Suffrage Pamphlets 3"](https://digital.library.lse.ac.uk/collections/list/collections/33). *LSE Digital Library*. 1909-04-28. Retrieved 2019-09-13. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Edith Palliser](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Palliser) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Palliser?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.