Emma Cons [SEP] date of birth
Emma Cons
Emma Cons (4 March 1838 – 24 July 1912) was a British social reformer, strongly committed to women’s suffrage. She also campaigned for educational opportunities for the working class, including cheap tickets to Shakespearean drama at the Old Vic Theatre, which she opened in 1880, later managed by her niece Lilian Baylis.
Early life.
Born in St. Pancras, London, she trained as an artist and joined the Ladies' Co-operative Art Guild in London, run by Caroline Hill, mother
preserve the woodlands for public recreation.
- 27 September: Guildhall School of Music opens.
- 28 October: London Topographical Society founded as the Topographical Society of London.
- 17 November: The University of London awards the first degrees to women.
- The Old Vic theatre is taken over by Emma Cons as the Royal Victoria Hall and coffee tavern.
- Henry Croft is dressing as a pearly king by this date.
- 1881
- 16 March: Fenian dynamite campaign: A bomb is