Anna Bateson
English suffragist (c.1830–1918)
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Anna Bateson (née Aikin or Aiken, c. 1830 – 1918) was an English suffragist who aided with the foundation of Newnham College, Cambridge.
c. 1830
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| Born | Anna Aikin or Aiken c. 1830 |
| Died | 1918 |
| Occupations | Suffragist and women's activist |
| Spouse | William Henry Bateson |
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| Father | James Aikin |
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Early life and family
Born about 1830 to James Aikin of Liverpool, she married William Henry Bateson, Master of St John’s College, Cambridge.[1] Four of her children – botanist Anna Bateson, geneticist William Bateson, journalist Margaret Heitland, and historian Mary Bateson – were all active in the women’s suffrage movement.
Newnham College
Suffragist and liberal activism
In 1884, along with Millicent Fawcett, Kathleen Lyttelton, and her daughter Anna Bateson, she founded the Cambridge Women’s Suffrage Association.[4] She was its secretary until 1890 and also sat on the executive committee of the Central National Society.[1]
She was president of the Cambridge Women’s Liberal Society and an active speaker for the Women’s Liberal Federation, where she served as vice-president.[1]