Ethel Bertha Harrison

Ethel Bertha Harrison (27 October 1851 – 1916) was a British anti-suffrage essayist.

Life Harrison was born in London in 1851 to a merchant William Harrison and Anne Tonge Lake.

In 1885 she donated a Greek marble statuette that dates from about 150 bce to the British Museum. The sculpture is about 22 cm high and was said to have been excavated at Piraeus.

In 1883 and 1900 William Blake Richmond exhibited his portrait of "Mrs Frederick Harrison" lent from her husband's collection. The portrait features a rose at her cleavage which was said to be part of Richmond's signature on his work. This painting was resold in 2010 for £9,000.

Like her husband Ethel was an enthusiastic positivist and she organised a Women's Guild at Newton Hall. She arranged classes on home-making, social events and worship at the hall. She wrote twelve inspirational verses for a hymnal titled "Services of Man" which she also produced. Some of her correspondence is at the London School of Economics and Political Science.