Violet Henry-Anderson

Violet Winifred Leslie Henry Anderson (15 December 1882 – 20 June 1935), known professionally as V. Henry-Anderson (with or without the hyphen), was a Scottish-born golfer and partner of poet Elsa Gidlow.

Violet Winifred Leslie Henry Anderson was from Blairgowrie, Perthshire, the daughter of Isaac Henry-Anderson and Katherine Blyth.

[1] Violet Henry-Anderson moved to Canada as a young woman with her brothers Godfrey and Edward in 1908.

[6] "We were profoundly sure of our right to be as we were, to love and live in our chosen way, we were happy in it", recalled Gidlow of her time with Henry-Anderson, many years later.

[9] Violet Henry-Anderson, a heavy smoker, died there in 1935, from lung cancer, aged 53 years.