Evelyn Hope Squire Merrick[1] (1878–1936)[2] was a British composer, pianist, and political activist who supported women's suffrage, vegetarianism,[3] Esperanto, and new music.
[6] Squire studied piano with Henry Gadsby, Tobias Matthay, and Ernst von Dohnanyi.
[4] Merrick was imprisoned from May 1917 to April 1919 for opposing England’s involvement in World War I and becoming a conscientious objector.
[4] Squire was active in several organizations: the Independent Labour Party (ILP), the No Conscription Fellowship (NCF), the United Suffragists, the Women’s Freedom League (WFL), and the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU).
She socialized and worked with Margaret Ashton, Annie Brickhill, Lila and Fenner Brockway, Dame Clara Butt, Lillian Forester, Amy Herford, Emmeline Pethick Lawrence, Crewe Lewis, Annot Robinson, Oscar and Thekla Rothschild, Phillis and J. Allen Skinner, Annie Somers, and May Unwin.