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Emily Susan Ford (1850–1930), artist and campaigner for women's rights, was born into a Quaker family in Leeds She trained as an artist at the Slade School of Art and exhibited at the Royal Academy. ==Life== Emily Ford was born in Leeds into a politically active Quaker family who moved to Adel Grange in Adel on the outskirts of Leeds when she was 15. Her parents were Robert Lawson Ford (1809–1878) a solicitor and Hannah (née Pease) (1814–1886). Her youngest sister Isabella was a social reformer and suffragist.〔 〕 Ford attended the Slade School of Art from 1875 and had a studio in Chelsea that was described by fellow artist, Dora Meeson as "a meeting ground for artists, suffragists, people who "did" things". In the 1880s Ford became interested in spiritualism and joined the Society for Psychical Research. After leaving the Quakers, she was baptised into the Anglican Church at All Souls, Blackman Lane Leeds in 1890. Emily Ford joined the Manchester Society for Women's Suffrage in the mid-1880s and became vice-president of the Leeds Suffrage Society where she was an active member and speaker. She was a member of the Artists' Suffrage League and designed a poster for it in 1908. When in Leeds Emily lived at the family home, Adel Grange but after her older sister Bessie died in 1922, Emily and Isabella moved to Adel Willows, a small property nearby.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Emily Ford」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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