Emma Fitch

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Emma Fitch (née Wilks, 1831/1832 – 1 April 1909) was an English feminist who played a significant role in the women's movement.[1]

Biography[]

Emma Fitch was the daughter of Joseph Barber Wilks, of the East India Company. In 1856 she married Joshua Girling Fitch, then vice-principal of Borough Road Training College and who was active in seeking improvements to the system of British education.[2]

Emma Fitch took active roles in a number of feminist and charitable organisations, including the Society for Promoting the Employment of Women, the , and the Charity Organization Society. The couple's shared interests made their home a meeting-place for others interested in educational reform and the progression of women's interests.[1] Emma was a member of Charlotte Manning's , a discussion group bringing together women interested in a range of common issues - suffrage, employment, education, marriage and property rights.[3]

The couple were childless; after the death of Joshua in 1903, Emma was awarded a civil-list pension of £100 per annum. She died on 1 April 1909.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Robertson, A. B. "Fitch, Sir Joshua Girling (1824–1903), educationist. Also including Emma Fitch, Lady Fitch (1831/2–1909)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/58587. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ a b Wikisource This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wedmore, Frederick (1912). "Fitch, Joshua Girling". Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  3. ^ "Kensington Society (act. 1865–1868)". Oxford Dictionary of national Biography. Oxford University Press.
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