Markham, Violet Rosa (1872 - 1959)
| Short name | Markham, Violet Rosa |
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| VIAF | http://viaf.org/viaf/38416735 |
| First name | Violet Rosa |
| Birth name | Markham |
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| Alternative name | Mrs Violet Rosa Carruthers |
| Date of birth | 1872 |
| Date of death | 1959 |
| Flourishing | - |
| Sex | Female |
| Place of birth | England |
| Place of death | - |
| Lived in | England |
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Markham, Violet Rosa was ...
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| Memberships | The Victoria League for Commonwealth Friendship , Women's National Anti-Suffrage League |
| Place(s) of Residence | England |
Receptions of Markham, Violet Rosa, the person (for receptions of her works, see under each individual Work)
| Title | Author | Date | Type |
| Unknown photographer, portrait of Violet Markham, 1918. | 1918 | is portrait of |
Riedi, Elizabeth L., Imperialist Women in Edwardian Britain: The Victoria League 1899-1914. (PhD Thesis submitted at University of St. Andrews, 1998)
Anti-Suffragette. Liberal and imperialist.
Granddaughter of Joseph Paxton (designer of the Chrystal Palace)
Mayor of Chesterfield in 1927.
Married aged 43 to James Carruthers.
Travelled to South Africa in 1899, further inspiring her imperialistic views. Afterwards wrote imperialistic propaganda. (Riedi, pp. 9-10)