Violet Shillington (Q1043)

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Violet Shillington
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    assigned gender
    woman
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    resided at
    Cambridge
    street address (item)
    Girton College
    start time
    1901
    end time
    1904
    1 reference
    specific reference information (free text)
    Girton College Register 1869-1947 (1948) (English)
    London SW
    street address (free text)
    31 Spencer Park, Wandsworth, SW (English)
    latest date
    1901
    note
    This is Shillington's parental home (English)
    1 reference
    specific reference information (free text)
    Girton College Register 1869-1947 (1948) (English)
    London SW
    point in time
    1907
    street address (free text)
    31 Spencer Park, Wandsworth, SW (English)
    1 reference
    specific reference information (free text)
    London Society for Women's Suffrage, Report of the Executive Committee (1907) (English)
    educated at
    Girton College
    start time
    1901
    end time
    1904
    academic subject
    History Tripos
    1 reference
    stated in
    University Calendars
    specific reference information (free text)
    Girton College Register 1869-1946 (1948) (British English)
    London School of Economics
    start time
    1904
    end time
    1906
    2 references
    stated in
    University Calendars
    specific reference information (free text)
    The historical record, (1836-1912), being a supplement to the Calendar, completed to September 1912 (British English)
    stated in
    University Calendars
    specific reference information (free text)
    London School of Economics, Register 1895-1932 (1934) (English)
    academic degree
    doctor of science
    conferred by
    University of London
    point in time
    1907
    1 reference
    stated in
    University Calendars
    specific reference information (free text)
    The historical record, (1836-1912), being a supplement to the Calendar, completed to September 1912 (British English)
    held position
    job title unrecorded
    instance of
    war work
    note
    A report on LSE students working during the First World War includes Shillington's name, but notes that the nature of the work she did is unknown. (British English)
    1 reference
    specific reference information (free text)
    List of Graduates Engaged in Work Connected with the War. London School of Economics. Education. 1918. [Women at Work Collection, Imperial War Museum] (British English)
    unknown value
    of
    Women's Industrial Council
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    Honorary Secretary
    of
    London Society for Women's Suffrage
    note
    Shillington was Hon Sec of the Wandsworth Branch (English)
    instance of
    suffrage activity
    point in time
    1907
    1 reference
    specific reference information (free text)
    London Society for Women's Suffrage, Report of the Executive Committee (1907) (English)
    Honorary Treasurer
    of
    London Society for Women's Suffrage
    note
    Shillington was Hon Treasurer of the Wandsworth Branch. Her mother Alice Mary (nee Pocock) was its President. (English)
    point in time
    1910
    1 reference
    specific reference information (free text)
    London Society for Women's Suffrage, Report of the Executive Committee (1910) (English)
    Lecturer (freelance)
    organised by
    Women's Industrial Council
    note
    Shillington was one of the Council's Lecturers offering their lectures for free with a donation to the Society's funds. Lectures were bookable through the Council. (English)
    title of paper
    Married women wage earners (English)
    point in time
    1910
    1 reference
    specific reference information (free text)
    Women's Industrial Council, Sixteenth Annual Report (1909-10) (English)
    Honorary Secretary
    of
    committee
    Women's Industrial Council
    point in time
    1911
    note
    Shillington was Hon Sec of the Council's Legal Committee (English)
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    employed as
    Care worker
    employer
    London County Council
    specific role
    Assistant Organiser of Children's Care Work (British English)
    start time
    1913
    end time
    1918
    2 references
    stated in
    University Calendars
    specific reference information (free text)
    Report of College. Girton College Cambridge. Education. 1915 [MS Women, War and Society, 1914-1918: The Women at Work Collection, Imperial War Museum] (British English)
    stated in
    University Calendars
    specific reference information (free text)
    Girton College Register 1869-1946 (1948) (British English)
    served on
    Council
    of
    Women's Industrial Council
    point in time
    1910
    1 reference
    specific reference information (free text)
    Women's Industrial Council, Sixteenth Annual Report (1909-10) (English)
    committee
    of
    Women's Industrial Council
    point in time
    1910
    note
    Shillington was a member of the Council's Investigation Committee, researching areas of women's work (English)
    1 reference
    specific reference information (free text)
    Women's Industrial Council, Sixteenth Annual Report (1909-10) (English)
    spoke at
    Royal Historical Society
    point in time
    5 April 1906Gregorian
    title of paper
    The Diplomatic and Economic Relations of England and Portugal in the Middle Ages (English)
    2 references
    specific reference information
    Transactions of the Royal Historical Society
    specific reference information (free text)
    The Athenaeum 14 April 1906, 454 (English)
    meeting
    of
    London Society for Women's Suffrage
    point in time
    18 July 1908Gregorian
    note
    Shillington's mother was the Hostess of this Drawing Room meeting at the Shillington home in Wandsworth. Shillington was the meeting chair. (English)
    instance of
    suffrage activity
    1 reference
    stated in
    periodical
    specific reference information (free text)
    Women's Franchise, 16 July 1908, p 30 [available at LSE Digital Library] (English)
    instance of
    advertisement
    meeting
    of
    National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
    title of paper
    Women's Sphere and the Vote (English)
    note
    Shillington's read her paper at an informal Drawing Room meeting at Barn HIll House, Stamford. (English)
    point in time
    18 March 1908Gregorian
    instance of
    suffrage activity
    1 reference
    stated in
    periodical
    specific reference information (free text)
    Women's Franchise, 2 April 1908, p 466 [available at LSE Digital Library] (English)
    was delegate at (item)
    National Conference on the Prevention of Destitution
    note
    Shillington was a delegate representing the Women's Industrial Council (English)
    point in time
    June 1912Gregorian
    location
    Caxton Hall
    1 reference
    specific reference information (free text)
    Report of the proceedings of the National Conference on the Prevention of Destitution held at the Caxton Hall, Westminster, on June 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th, 1912 (English)
    collaborated with
    Annie Beatrice Wallis Chapman
    note
    Chapman and Shillington co-authored a book, The Commercial Relations of England and Portugal (1907) (British English)
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    gave money to
    Women's Social and Political Union
    point in time
    1908
    instance of
    suffrage activity
    1 reference
    stated in
    ephemera
    specific reference information (free text)
    The National Women's Social and Political Union Second Annual Report (1908) (British English)
    note
    This item is available at the LSE Digital Library (British English)
    Archaeology Data Service person ID
    52732
    described at URL
    https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/library/browse/personDetails.xhtml?personId=52732
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    WorldCat Identities ID
    lccn-no2005080774
    described at URL
    http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2005080774/
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    lccn-no2005080774
    described at URL
    http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2005080774/
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