Violet Aitken

Violet Aitken (21 January 1886 – November 1987) was a British suffragette. She was born Marion Violet Aitken and raised in Bedfordshire, and she was the daughter of William Aitken, who became Canon of Norwich Cathedral. She had a sister Rose who took up theosophy. She became a suffragette and editor of The Suffragette and was imprisoned and force-fed. Latterly, she may have lived in Herefordshire, where she died in 1987, aged 101.

Violet Aitken

Violet Aitken (21 January 1886 – November 1987) was a British suffragette. She was born Marion Violet Aitken and raised in Bedfordshire, and she was the daughter of William Aitken, who became Canon of Norwich Cathedral. She had a sister Rose who took up theosophy. She became a suffragette and editor of The Suffragette and was imprisoned and force-fed. Latterly, she may have lived in Herefordshire, where she died in 1987, aged 101.