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Eliza Wigham : ウィキペディア英語版 | Eliza Wigham
Eliza Wigham (23 February 1820 – 3 November 1899) was a leading suffragist and abolitionist in 19th-century Edinburgh, Scotland. She was involved in several major campaigns to improve women's rights in 19th-century Britain, and has been noted as one of the leading citizens of Edinburgh. Her stepmother, Jane Smeal, was a leading activist in Glasgow, and her brother John Richardson Wigham was a prominent lighthouse engineer. ==Life== Eliza Wigham was born on 23 February 1820 in Edinburgh to John Wigham, a cotton and shawl manufacturer, and Jane (née Richardson).〔 The family grew to include six children, residing at 5 South Gray Street in Edinburgh.〔S. E. Fryer, 'Wigham, John Richardson (1829–1906)', rev. R. C. Cox, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004 (accessed 3 June 2015 )〕 The Wighams were a part of a network of leading Quaker anti-slavery families of the period operating in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Newcastle, and Dublin.〔 Eliza's mother, older sister, and younger brother died when she was around ten years old. In 1840 her father remarried to Jane Smeal.
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