Annie Coultate |
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| Born | c. 1856
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| Died | 1931 |
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| Burial place | St Stephen's Church, Acomb, Yorkshire, England |
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| Occupation | Teacher |
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| Known for | Suffragette activism |
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Annie Coultate (née de Lacy, c. 1856 - 1931) was a teacher and leading suffragist in York, England.[1]
Life
Coultate was born in Fulford, North Yorkshire, in 1856.[2] She trained as a pupil-teacher and was later employed at Fishergate Elementary School in York.[1][3] She married Frank Coultate in 1881 and they had two children.[4]
Activism
Coultate became involved in campaigning for women's enfranchisement after being inspired by a talk given by Emmeline Pankhurst in York during 1908.[5] She founded the local Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) branch in York during 1910 and when she was 55 years old.[4][6] 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.[7]
Her activism included selling the Votes for Women newspaper from door to door around York,[8] organising the local suffragette boycott of the 1911 census with Violet Key Jones,[4] and helping Lilian Lenton escape house arrest during her release from prison under the Cat and Mouse Act.[4]
Death
Coultate died in 1931 and was buried at St. Stephen's Church, Acomb.[2]
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