Person    | Female  Born 4/8/1868  Died 28/4/1938

Esther Roper

Categories: Gender Issues

Esther Roper was an English suffragist and social justice campaigner who fought for equal employment and voting rights for working-class women. Lifelong partner of Eva Gore-Booth.

The photo shows here as a student c.1892.

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Esther Roper

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Fawcett frieze - 29, Roper & Gore-Booth

Esther Roper, 1868 - 1938, Eva Gore-Booth, 1870 - 1926

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