Dear List,
I just received my Newsletter from " Lost Cousins" - What are going to
be the odds of very many, in this situation. I would like to think I did
have some relations involved, I would think their names may just be lost!!!
"ARE YOU MISSING A FEMALE RELATIVE IN 1911?
If so, she might have been on of the thousands of women who boycotted
the census. Even those who were not members of the militant suffragist
organisations rallied to the call of the Women's Freedom League, 'NO
VOTE - NO CENSUS'. Many women spent the night of the census in the open
air rather than be counted in their own homes or congregated in
all-women households. One women's college remained open all night for
any of its students who chose to stay there. Although it was illegal to
refuse to fill in the census form, the Government chose to be lenient
because of the sheer number of women who had not been included."
Best regards
Jane ( W.Auss)