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Harriet Leisk
Harriet Atherton Leisk (10 August 1853 – 3 July 1921) was a Shetland Suffrage, suffragist, who played a leading role in the Shetland Women's Suffrage Society. During the First World War, she was instrumental in organising the 'Emergency Helpers', who carried out voluntary war work and fundraised for the Scottish Women's Hospital at Royaumont. Personal life Harriet Atherton was born in Liverpool on 10 August 1853, the daughter of William and Harriet Goulborn Atherton. She married John Leisk, a draper from Shetland, in 1874. The couple had five daughters: Ann (b.1875), Harriet Goulborn (b. 1877), Ethel Elizabeth (b.1879), Margaret Louisa (b.1881), and Alice Lyall (b.1886). John Leisk was Provost of Lerwick 1895–1904. Harriet Leisk had an important social role in Shetland society. She was a member of the Church of Scotland, the Dorcas society, Dorcas Society, the Shetland Literary and Scientific Society, the Lerwick Nursing Association, the Queen Victoria Jubilee Nursing Soc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.24 million. On the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary, Liverpool historically lay within the ancient hundred of West Derby in the county of Lancashire. It became a borough in 1207, a city in 1880, and a county borough independent of the newly-created Lancashire County Council in 1889. Its growth as a major port was paralleled by the expansion of the city throughout the Industrial Revolution. Along with general cargo, freight, and raw materials such as coal and cotton, merchants were involved in the slave trade. In the 19th century, Liverpool was a major port of departure for English and Irish emigrants to North America. It was also home to both the Cunard and White Star Lines, and was the port of registry of the ocean li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
