| Annie Coultate | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1856 Fulford, North Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 1931 |
| Burial place | St Stephen's Church, Acomb, Yorkshire, England |
| Occupation | Teacher |
| Known for | Suffragette activism |
Annie Coultate (née de Lacy, c. 1856 - 1931) was a teacher and leading suffragist in York, England.
Life
Coultate was born in Fulford, North Yorkshire, in 1856. She trained as a pupil-teacher and was later employed at Fishergate Elementary School in York. She married Frank Coultate in 1881 and they had two children.
Activism
Coultate became involved in campaigning for women's enfranchisement after being inspired by a talk given by Emmeline Pankhurst in York during 1908. She founded the local Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) branch in York during 1910 and when she was 55 years old. Coultate organised speakers from the Scarborough WSPU branch, such as Adela Pankhurst and Marion Mackenzie, to address the branch in York, and spoke at Scarborough WSPU meetings in return.
Her activism included selling the Votes for Women newspaper from door to door around York, organising the local suffragette boycott of the 1911 census with Violet Key Jones, and helping Lilian Lenton escape house arrest during her release from prison under the Cat and Mouse Act.
Death
Coultate died in 1931 and was buried at St. Stephen's Church, Acomb.
References
- ^ "Annie Coultate". Visit York. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
- ^ "Annie Coultate". HerStoryYork, York Museums Trust. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
- Cowman, Krista (2007). The Militant Suffragette Movement in York. Borthwick Publications. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-904497-21-9.
- ^ Rainger, Christopher. "Annie Coultate". Mapping Women's Suffrage 1911. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
- "Trailblazing York". York Festival of Ideas. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
- "How the census has changed and what it can tell us about the past and our lives today". Yorkshire Post. 17 March 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
- Waters, Michael (1 January 2018). "The Campaign for Women's Suffrage in York and the 1911 Census Evasion". Yorkshire Archaeological Journal. 90 (1): 178–194. doi:10.1080/00844276.2018.1465692. ISSN 0084-4276.
- "LETTER: Remembering York's suffragettes". York Press. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2024.