Louisa Sophia Goldsmid

Louisa Sophia Goldsmid (born September 2, 1819 , † December 7, 1908 in London ) was a British feminist .

Life

Louisa Sophia Goldsmid was the daughter of Moses Asher Goldsmid and belonged to one of the most influential Jewish families in Great Britain . She used her assets and her social position to promote women's rights and, in particular, the academic education of women. In 1866 she signed the petition on women's suffrage and was a member of the provisional petition committee as chamberlain . In 1867, after tensions with Helen Taylor, she temporarily withdrew from the suffragette movement in order to concentrate only on the campaign for the education of women. She returned to the movement after 1870, became vice president of the National Society for Women's Suffrage in 1874, and remained active in various associations until her death.

family

Louisa Sophia Goldsmid married her cousin Sir Francis Henry Goldsmid in 1839 , but the marriage remained childless. After her husband's death, she lived with the German concert pianist and composer Agnes Zimmermann (1847–1925).

Her husband, Francis Henry Goldsmid, was the eldest son of Isaac Lyon Goldsmid (1778-1859), the senior partner of the London precious metals broker " Mocatta & Goldsmid ", and his cousin Isabel Goldsmid (1788-1860).

His younger brother was the English politician Frederick David Goldsmid (1812–1866). This was liberal deputy of the British Parliament for the constituency Honiton and heir of his father's estate Somerhill House . His daughter Mary Ada Goldsmid (1836-1905) married in 1856 the co-owner of "Mocatta & Goldsmid" Frederick David Mocatta (1828-1905).

literature

Geoffrey Alderman: Goldsmid, Louisa Sophia, Lady Goldsmid. In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
William D. Rubinstein, Michael A. Jolles, Hilary L. Rubinstein: The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. Palgrave Macmillan, London 2011, ISBN 978-1-349-51951-4 , p. 342 ( limited preview in Google book search).

Web links

Louisa Sophia Goldsmid in the database of Find a Grave (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Elizabeth Crawford: The women's suffrage movement. A reference guide, 1866-1928 . Routledge, London 2001, ISBN 0-415-23926-5 , pp. 247 f. ( limited preview in Google Book Search; EA London 1999).

personal data
SURNAME	Goldsmid, Louisa Sophia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British feminist
DATE OF BIRTH	September 2, 1819
DATE OF DEATH	December 7, 1908
Place of death	London

[1] Elizabeth Crawford: The women's suffrage movement. A reference guide, 1866-1928 . Routledge, London 2001, ISBN 0-415-23926-5 , pp. 247 f. ( limited preview in Google Book Search; EA London 1999).