Fanny Pease

Fanny Jane Pease (1866–1946) was a British nurse and militant suffragette.

Early life and nursing career Fanny Pease was born in 1866 in Woolwich, South London to Mary and Joseph Pease, descendants of the nineteenth century industrialist and philanthropic Pease family of the north of England.

She trained to be a nurse and was a staff nurse at the Hospital for Consumption, South Kensington, London SW3 (1888–1891). She was registered by the General Nursing Council in 1924. She was subsequently a private duty nurse. and publicly named subscriber to the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU). She was arrested attempting to petition Parliament on 18 November 1910 (Black Friday) and charged with obstruction and assault of a policeman. Pease was sentenced to two months hard labour in Holloway Prison.

World War I and later nursing career In 1915, during the early stages of World War I, Pease was selected to be funded by the subscribers of the Nursing Times to join military nurses in France. Pease served in the Territorial Forces Nursing Services (TFNS) France, Egypt and in Hull UK. For her military nursing service she was awarded the Royal Red Cross medal, second class in 1919.

After the war Pease resumed her civilian nursing career as a hospital employed nurse at the Hospital for Consumption, Brompton Road, London.

On her retirement she moved to Hove, Sussex and died on 19 October 1946, leaving £969 12s 1d.