Anne Ashworth

Anne Frances Ashworth (1842 – 1921) was a British feminist activist. Ashworth grew up in a Quaker family in Bath, Somerset. Her father, Thomas Ashworth, was a friend of Richard Cobden, while Jacob Bright and John Bright were her uncles, all liberals with an interest in feminism. Together with her sister, Lilias, Anne signed the 1866 petition for women's suffrage. A founder member of the London National Society for Women's Suffrage, on the request of Clementia Taylor, Anne and Lilias formed a Bath branch of the group. Anne served on its executive committee, and when the Central Committee of the National Society for Women's Suffrage was set up in 1872, Anne also sat on its executive.

Anne Ashworth

Anne Frances Ashworth (1842 – 1921) was a British feminist activist. Ashworth grew up in a Quaker family in Bath, Somerset. Her father, Thomas Ashworth, was a friend of Richard Cobden, while Jacob Bright and John Bright were her uncles, all liberals with an interest in feminism. Together with her sister, Lilias, Anne signed the 1866 petition for women's suffrage. A founder member of the London National Society for Women's Suffrage, on the request of Clementia Taylor, Anne and Lilias formed a Bath branch of the group. Anne served on its executive committee, and when the Central Committee of the National Society for Women's Suffrage was set up in 1872, Anne also sat on its executive.