Sophia Sturge (17 August 1795 – 6 June 1845) was a British slavery abolitionist based in Birmingham.
She was a founding member of the Birmingham Ladies Society for the Relief of Negro Slaves and devoted much of her life to supporting her brother who was one of the UK's leading abolitionists.
She was the fifth child in the family of twelve of Joseph Sturge, a farmer in Elberton, Gloucestershire, and his wife Mary Marshall, who belonged to the Religious Society of Friends (commonly known as Quakers).
[1][3] She and her siblings were taught by tutors but their mother had to decide what could be afforded and Sophia's requests for drawing and French had to be refused.
She returned the following year when Eliza died and she would remain at his house as his personal assistant and adviser.