Lillie Boileau
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Lillie Mabel Boileau | |
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| Born | 4 April 1869 British India |
| Died | 15 August 1930 (aged 61) Highgate, London |
| Occupation | Suffragette |
| Organization(s) | Union of Ethical Societies, Women's Freedom League |
| Known for | Humanism, suffragism |
| Criminal charges | Arrested in the course of presenting a suffrage petition to the prime minister, H. H. Asquith |
Lillie Mabel Boileau (4 April 1869 – 15 August 1930) was an English suffragist and active member of the Union of Ethical Societies (now Humanists UK).[1] One of the earliest members of the Women's Freedom League,[2] Boileau was one of five women arrested in 1909 attempting to present a petition to the Prime Minister, H. H. Asquith.[3]
Women's suffrage
In 1909, Boileau was arrested along outside 10 Downing Street with Charlotte Despard, Anne Cobden-Sanderson, and a number of others in the course of a 'picketing campaign for the Women's Freedom League'.[5] Boileau was reported to have thrown a cardboard roll at Prime Minister Asquith when he refused to accept a petition.[6]
Boileau's name appears on the Roll of Honour of Suffragette Prisoners 1905–1914.[7] She is also noted as among the arrested on a handbill from 1909.[8]
Boileau was one of 156 women who signed up to sit on the British committee for the Women's International Congress at The Hague in 1915, however restrictions on travel introduced by Winston Churchill meant that only three were able to attend: Chrystal Macmillan, Kathleen Courtney, and Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence.[9]
The Vote recorded that after votes for women were achieved,
Miss Boileau organised many meetings at her own house, where subjects were discussed dealing with Women Police, Factory Legislation, Housing, Women in India, etc.[2]