Florence+Lockwood

= = ="We are sick to death we suffragettes of being told by men what we may do..." //From Florence Lockwood's Diary.//=
 * __Florence Lockwood__**


 * Lockwood was born in October 1861.


 * Shye lived in Linthwaite, keeping detailed diaries throughout the First World War.


 * She was the president of the Huddersfeild branch of the National Union of Women's Sufferage Societies.




 * She longed to make the most of her talents as a painter and rebelled against old Victorian values by making banners and other campaigning materials, such as the one above!


 * She behan her involvement in politics with the Linthwaite Womens Liberal Association in 1907.


 * Following this she became the President of Colme Valley Liberals.

The house where she lived at Black Rock Mills


 * Today her diaries are held at West Yorkshire Archives.