Sarah Carwin

Sarah Jane Carwin (1863–1933) was a British suffragette, feminist and nurse.

Life and activism Born Sarah Jane Carwin in 1863 in Bolton, Lancashire,

In 1890, returned to England, Carwin joined the Methodist Sisterhood of West London Mission, where Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence had also been a volunteer (although it is not known if they met there) Within a year, Carwin had set up a workers cooperative in dressmaking to give such women an opportunity to have security and continuity of income outside the fashion season.

By 1901, Carwin was running a home for about twelve illegitimate babies in Caterham.

History of Parliaments blog refers to Carwin's window smashing with other notable suffragettes.

Letchworth blog refers to her amongst famous women and active suffragettes from that area.