Leonora Tyson

Leonora Helen Tyson (née Wolff; 13 August 1883 – 4 February 1959) was an English suffragette and member of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU).

In 1908 while living in Drewstead Road, Streatham, the family changed their name from Wolff to Tyson.

[1] In October 1911 Tyson who was fluent in German represented the WSPU at the Women's Congress in Hamburg, Germany.

Her suffragette activities led to some time spent in Holloway Prison after being arrested at a protest in central London in March 1912.

Tyson was awarded the WPSU Hunger Strike Medal[5] The citation engraved on the bar is 'For Valour' and the inscription on the box would say"PRESENTED BY THE WOMEN'S SOCIAL AND POLITICAL UNION IN RECOGNITION OF A GALLANT ACTION, WHEREBY THROUGH ENDURANCE TO THE LAST EXTREMITY OF HUNGER AND HARDSHIP A GREAT PRINCIPLE OF POLITICAL JUSTICE WAS VINDICATED.