Hand Signed Photograph Portrait Lady Edith Londonderry Vane Tempest Suffragette For Sale
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Hand Signed Photograph Portrait Lady Edith Londonderry Vane Tempest Suffragette:
$311.28
Originally Hand Signed Photograph of Lady Edith Londonderry Vane Tempest dedicated to \'Madge & Neville\' dated 1948.
Measures 17\" x 13.5\" framed, 11.75 x 8 5\" image
More info on Lady Londonderry from the National Portrait Gallery:
Edith Helen (née Chaplin), Marchioness of Londonderry
(1878-1959), Political hostess and writer; Colonel-in-Chief of the Women\'s Volunteer Reserve
Prior to the war, Edith was an active member of the Suffragette movement and served on a number of women\'s associations. In 1914 she joined the Women\'s Volunteer Reserve (WVR) as a colonel-in-chief. Edith took special interest in the agricultural work undertaken by the WVR and in July 1915 formed the Women\'s Legion which became the largest voluntary organisation during the war, having tens of thousands of volunteers working in all spheres from agriculture to baking.She also helped to organise and sustain the Officers\' Hospital set up in Londonderry House and was the first woman to be appointed DBE (Military Division). Her skills as a political hostess over some 25 years were regarded as legendary.