Anne Isabella Robertson

Written By Michan Chow

Believed to have been born around 1830 to Major Archibald Robertson and his wife, Anne Isabella Robertson was a writer and a suffragette. Alongside her sister Anne led the Irish Suffragette campaign for several years serving as the President of the Irish National Society for Women's Suffrage. She travelled and presented speeches on Women’s Suffrage in the UK. Author of several essays and books Anne passed away in 1910 of natural causes. Below are a few suggested readings on on Anne and other Suffragettes:

At the Circulating Library - https://www.victorianresearch.org/atcl/show_author.php?aid=1713

My Own Story: The Memoirs of an Influential Suffragette - Emmeline Pankhurst

Lifting as We Climb: Black Women's Battle for the Ballot Box - Evette Dionne

Roses and Radicals: The Epic Story of How American Women Won the Right to Vote - Susan Zimet

Michan Chow