Evelina Haverfield
British suffragette and aid worker (1867–1920) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Evelina Haverfield (née Scarlett; 9 August 1867 – 21 March 1920)[1] was a British suffragette and aid worker.
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Born | Evilena Scarlett (1867-08-09)9 August 1867 Kingussie, Scotland |
Died | 21 March 1920(1920-03-21) (aged 52) |
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Spouses | Henry Haverfield
(m. 1887; died 1895)John Balguy (m. 1899) |
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In the early 20th century, she was involved in Emmeline Pankhurst's militant women's suffrage organisation the Women's Social and Political Union. During World War I she worked as a nurse in Serbia. After the war, she returned to Serbia with her companion Vera Holme to set up an orphanage in Bajina Bašta, a town in the west of the country.[2]