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Markham, Violet Rosa (1872 - 1959)

Short name Markham, Violet Rosa
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First name Violet Rosa
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Alternative name Mrs Violet Rosa Carruthers
Date of birth 1872
Date of death 1959
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Place of birth England
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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)