Edith Grey Wheelwright

Edith Grey Wheelwright (1868 – 24 September 1949) was a British writer and botanist.

She served as Secretary to the Bath Branch of the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) from 1909 through 1913.

[1][2] She was the author of three novels; The Vengeance of Medea (1894), Anthony Graeme (1895), and A Slow Awakening (1902).

[2] Wheelwright initially became involved with the British suffragette movement through the Women’s Social and Political Union WSPU, but left because she preferred the non-militant stance of the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies.

[1] Wheelwright died on 24 September 1949 in Clevedon from accidental coal gas poisoning.

Edith Wheelwright and Lilias Ashworth Hallett , 1911