# Catherine Tolson

> Catherine Tolson was an English nurse and suffragette from Ilkley in West Yorkshire active in the Women's Social and Political Union. She was arrested and imprisoned in 1909 and 1911 when she went on hunger strike and was force-fed for which she received a Hunger Strike Medal from the WSPU. This was sold at auction in 2004.

*English nurse and women's suffragist*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/catherine-tolson

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Activist
- **Category:** Activists
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1892
- **Died:** 1924-03-03
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Catherine Tolson was an English nurse and suffragette from Ilkley in West Yorkshire active in the Women's Social and Political Union. She was arrested and imprisoned in 1909 and 1911 when she went on hunger strike and was force-fed for which she received a Hunger Strike Medal from the WSPU. This was sold at auction in 2004.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 34.3

## Sources
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70239004)

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