Gertrude Golda Lowy

Lowy was born in Hampstead, Middlesex,[1] the eldest daughter of an influencial Jewish family of North London.

[6] Lowy was a militant,[7] became a member of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) in 1908 and joined the Jewish League for Woman Suffrage,[4] when it was founded in 1912.

[11] She was arrested, sentenced to two months imprisonment with hard labour,[4] went on hunger strike whilst in prison and was force fed.

[13] She ran the Photography stall at the WSPU's Summer Fair in 1913[4] and exhibited at the Royal Photographic Society in 1915.

[11] During World War I, she enlisted with the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) in 1917 and served as a radiographic assistant in Italy until 1919.