Emily Susan Ford

IOF was very close to her sisters Bessie (Elizabeth Helen) and Emily Susan , with whom she campaigned for women's suffrage and broad social reform. Her eldest sister, Mary, had left home to marry...

Besides the Ford sisters, other members of the UDC included founding member James Ramsay MacDonald , executive committee member Helena Swanwick , and Vernon Lee , who was a good friend of IOF 's sister...

IOF and her sister Emily moved from their childhood home (Adel Grange, an estate outside Leeds) to a nearby cottage called Adel Willows, now included in Leeds.

When she was ten years old, IOF moved with her family the short distance to Adel Grange, an estate on the boundary of Leeds. This house became a rendez-vous for reformers of all kinds...