Edith Grey Wheelwright

Wheelwright was born in 1868 in Crowhurst, Surrey, England. She studied botany and geology at the University of Oxford.^[2][3]

She was the author of three novels; The Vengeance of Medea (1894), Anthony Graeme (1895), and A Slow Awakening (1902). Additionally she wrote for the publications The Girl’s Own Paper and Great Thoughts.^[2][3]

Wheelwright initially became involved with the British suffrage movement through the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU), but left because she preferred the non-militant stance of the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS). She was secretary of the Bath Branch of the NUWSS 1909 through 1913.^[2]

In her later years, Wheelwright wrote five books on the subject of medicinal plants and gardening,^[3] including The Physick Garden (1935), which was reviewed by The New York Times.^[4] She began a friendship with writer and illustrator Beatrix Potter because of their mutual interest in plants.^[3]

Wheelwright died on 24 September 1949 in Clevedon, Somerset, England, from accidental coal gas poisoning.^[3]

"Medicinal Plants and Their History" by Edith Grey Wheelwright ISBN 0486231038

"Medicinal Plants in Wartime"