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Leonora Cohen

Suffragette and magistrate · United Kingdom · On the map · Lawyers · Lived 1873 to 1978 · aged 105

Leonora Cohen was an English suffragette and trade unionist, and one of the first female magistrates. She was known as the "Tower Suffragette" after smashing a display case in the Tower of London and acted as a bodyguard for Emmeline Pankhurst.

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Awards

Officer of the Order of the British Empire1928
Hunger Strike Medal

About this person

She lived to the age of 105 and contributed to the second wave of feminism in the 1970s.

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Lawyers
Type
Lawyer
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1873 to 1978 · aged 105