Edith Grey Wheelwright
Edith Grey Wheelwright | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1868 Crowhurst, Surrey, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
| Died | 24 September 1949 (aged 80–81) Clevedon, England, United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | Oxford |
| Occupations | Writer, botanist and suffragette |
| Employer | The Girl's Own Paper |
| Organization(s) | Women's Social and Political Union National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies |
Edith Grey Wheelwright (1868 – 24 September 1949) was a British writer, suffragist and botanist. She served as Secretary to the Bath Branch of the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) from 1909 through 1913.
Biography
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]
References
- ^ "Suffragettes Edith Wheelwright and Lilias Ashworth Hallett 1911". Bath In Time. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
- ^ a b c "Edith Gray Wheelwright". Suffragette Stories. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- ^ a b c d e Hobbs, Helen (6 April 2018). "Edith Gray Wheelwright". Sydney Buildings - Bath. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- ^ "Medicinal Plants; THE PHYSICK GARDEN. Medicinal Plants and their History. By Edith Grey Wheelwright. Illustrated from Photographs and Sketches by Ethel M. Barlow. 288 pp. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. $3". The New York Times. 17 February 1935. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
Further reading
"Medicinal Plants and Their History" by Edith Grey Wheelwright ISBN 0486231038
"Medicinal Plants in Wartime" [1]