Millicent Browne

Millicent Louisa Browne (25 December 1881 – 8 February 1975), later Millicent Price, was a British suffragette.

Millicent Browne
by Linley Blathwayt in 1909
Born25 December 1881[1]
Fulham, London,[2] England
Died8 February 1975 (aged 93)
Sutton Coldfield, England
NationalityBritish
Other namesMillicent Price
OccupationSuffragist
Spouse(s)Reginald Price

Life

Browne was born in London where her father was an actor. Her parents’ marriage ended and her mother took her to York.[3]

Browne travelled around Britain giving talks in support of Women's suffrage.[4] She was one of the helpers at the WSPU section in Bristol where she met Reginald Price. He was a Bristol University student who helped defend suffragettes when they were protesting.[5]

Browne planting a tree at Eagle House (suffragette's rest) with Mary Phillips, Vera Wentworth, Elsie Howey and Annie Kenney

Brown was invited to Emily Blathwayt's home at Batheaston where the leading suffragettes recouped. Significant visitors were asked to plant a tree to record their achievements on behalf of the cause e.g. a prison sentence.[6] On 4 July 1909 Browne planted not a tree but a holly bush at Eagle House where Linley Blathwayt took her picture and recorded the planting. Most of the trees were destroyed in the 1960s but Brown's plaque is one of the few to have survived.[7]

Browne wrote her autobiography in 1935 and this is held in archives in York.[3]

References
  1. England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
  2. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
  3. "Autobiography and papers of Millicent Price - Archives Hub". Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  4. "What did the suffragettes do in York? Quite a lot actually..." York Press. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  5. Elizabeth Crawford (2 September 2003). The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide 1866-1928. Routledge. pp. 82–. ISBN 1-135-43402-6.
  6. Simkin, John (September 1997). "Mary Blathwayt". Spartacus Educational. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  7. "Ilex Aquifolium Argentea Marginata Holly 1909, Blathwayt, Col Linley". Bath in Time, Images of Bath online. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
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