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.
Hannam, June. Isabella Ford. Basil Blackwell.
xii, 197-8
Residence
Isabella Ormston Ford
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...
Friends, Associates
Isabella Ormston Ford
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...
Family and Intimate relationships
Isabella Ormston 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.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Her eldest sister, Mary, had left home to marry...