Age | 95 (age at death) |
Birthday | 15 June, 1844 |
Birthplace | Edinburgh |
Died | 10 November, 1939 |
Place of Death | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Zodiac Sign | Gemini |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Activist |
Charlotte Despard (née French; 15 June 1844 – 10 November 1939) was an Anglo-Irish suffragist, socialist, pacifist, Sinn Féin activist, and novelist. She was a founding member of the Women's Freedom League, Women's Peace Crusade, and the Irish Women's Franchise League, and an activist in a wide range of political organizations over the course of her life, including among others the Women's Social and Political Union, Humanitarian League, Labour Party, Cumann na mBan, and the Communist Party of Great Britain.