Emmeline
Emmeline is a feminine given name, a variant of Emeline or Amelia, popular in Victorian England and experiencing modest revival.
It carries associations with the British suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst: They named their daughter Emmeline after the women's rights leader.
Militant women's voting advocate
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
- votesFormal choices recorded
- activismDirect effort for reform
- reformImprove by correcting faults
protest · emancipation · feminist · militant · hunger strike · Sylvia · Holloway · deeds
Of early twentieth-century Britain
- genteelAffectedly polite or refined
- parlorFormal room for visitors
- corsetBoned waist-shaping undergarment
- petticoatUndergarment beneath skirts
bonnet · lace · embroidery · needlework · governess · finishing school · etiquette · society
suffragette
Militant women's voting advocate
reform · protest · emancipation · feminist · militant · hunger strike · Sylvia · Holloway · deeds · imprisonment
Edwardian
Of early twentieth-century Britain
- genteelAffectedly polite or refined
- parlorFormal room for visitors
- corsetBoned waist-shaping undergarment
petticoat · bonnet · lace · embroidery · needlework · governess · finishing school · etiquette · society · drawing room
Eleanor
Feminine name meaning bright
- GenevieveFrench feminine given name
- JosephineWoman's formal name
- CharlotteFeminine name, Carolina city
Penelope · Lillian · Violet · Arabella · Rosalind · Adelaide · Beatrice · Cordelia · Florence · Harriet
Emmelinetraditionalist
Adherent to established customs