Born

20 December 1851
London, England

Died

21 December 1933
Hastings, England

Occupation

Suffrage activist

Alternative Names

• Fuller, Dorothy Frances (maiden name)
• Montefiore, Dora (also known as)

Website

http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100541b.htm

Summary

A founding member of the Womanhood Suffrage League of New South Wales in 1891, Dora Montefiore worked for the women's suffrage cause in both Australia and the United Kingdom. On her return to England she joined the Women's Social and Political Union and was arrested for agitating in the lobby of the House of Commons for votes for women and was imprisoned in October 1906. As a socialist she was a member of the Women's Freedom League and was a delegate to many international and socialist conferences.