Ellen Frederica Oliver

Ellen Frederica Oliver (16 July 1870 – 8 July 1921) was a British suffragette, purity activist and a follower of the Panacea Society, who was the first person to recognise Mabel Barltrop as a prophet in the movement.

Biography Born on 16 July 1870 in Guernsey, Oliver was one of nine children of Samuel Pasfield Oliver, a geographer, and his wife Clara. Oliver's education appears to have been sporadic, and she did not learn to read and write until she was eleven years old. She was active between 1912 and 1914, volunteering a secretary to the Worthing WSPU branch during that period. To further her interest, Oliver began to write letters with another Southcottian, Mabel Barltrop, who had established an organisation called the Panacea Society that same year. Oliver moved to Bedford, to live as part of the Panacea community. Balthrop later appointed her as an apostle. The Panacea Society's first community house was at 5 Albany Road, Bedford, which Oliver co-funded the purchase of with other members. Oliver died on 8 July 1921, due to cancer. She is buried in Foster Hill Road Cemetery, Bedford.