Global InformationMathilde Wolff Van Sandau information
Elise Eugenie Mathilde Wolff Van Sandau | |
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| Born | 1843 |
| Died | 1926 |
| Organization | Women's Social and Political Union |
| Known for | Suffragette activism including window-smashing and imprisonment: awarded hunger strike medal. Also known for vegetarianism and woman's chess. |
| Relatives | Grandfather Dr. E Schwabe, private chaplain to the Duchess of Kent |
| Honours | Elsie Wolfe Van Sandau - Hunger Strike Medal for Valour |
Elise Eugenie Mathilde Wolff Van Sandau (died in 1926, aged 83)[1] was a British suffragette. She was imprisoned three times, for smashing windows and went on hunger strike. She was awarded the Women's Social and Political Union Hunger Strike Medal 'for Valour'. She was also a musician and a founder of London's women's chess club and an active vegetarian. Research by the British Library suggests that she used different spellings of her name, including Elsie when arrested as a suffragette.[1]
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