Charlotte Price White, Upper Garth Road, Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales - UK Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

A plaque commemorating Charlotte Price White which is located on her former home in Bangor.

Born in Dumfries in Scotland she moved to Bangor with her husband and studied science at Bangor University.

She became the secretary and driving force of the Bangor branch of the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS), which campaigned peacefully for women to be allowed to vote in Parliamentary elections.

She was one of only two women from the area who made the whole journey to London for the Suffrage Pilgrimage of 1913.

She was a member of the first Women's Institute branch started in the UK in Llanfairpwll in 1915.

She was one of the first women to be elected to the Caernarvonshire County council in 1926.

The text on the bilingual plaque reads:

MENYWOD NODEDIG YNG NGHYMRU

Charlotte
Price White
1873 - 1932
Swffragydd ac Ymgyrchydd
Heddwch
Suffragist and Peace
Activist

REMARKABLE WOMEN IN WALES

The plaque was unveiled on the 16th July 2021

Type of Historic Marker: Purple Plaque. Historical Marker Issuing Authority: The Purple Plaques Wales Committee Age/Event Date: 07/16/2021 Related Website: [Web Link] Give your Rating:

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