About Ethel Cox
Lived 1888 – 1981 (aged 92–93). Ethel Cox was a suffragette.
Ethel Cox aka Gwendoline Cook (born 1888 – died about 1981) was a British suffragette. Another suffragette born in 1897 is also recorded and her name was Gwendoline Cook.
Lives In 1913, along with Mary Ann Aldham, Cox was found breaking windows at the house of the Home Secretary. On 11 October 1913, she attempted to throw leaflets promoting women's suffrage into a Royal carriage. Scotland Yard noted "she is said to be capable of committing any damage." As reported in the Criminal Record Office of the New Scotland Yard, on 16 May 1914, she was detained by police for causing damage to public art and public offices. She was also known under the alias of Gwendoline Cook.
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Who was Ethel Cox?
English suffragette
When was Ethel Cox born?
Ethel Cox was born in 1888.
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Ethel Cox died in 1981.
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Ethel Cox was a suffragette.
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