Elizabeth Helen Ford

Her ashes were buried beside those of her sister Bessie . Her friends established an annual prize in her memory for essays on peace written by Leeds schoolchildren.

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...

IOF 's sister Bessie , born in 1848, was a talented violinist. Although Bessie was, like Isabella and Emily, interested in public causes, she took a background role. After her parents' deaths, she managed the...

When the Fellowship of the New Life was formed by many of the Fabian members shortly thereafter, IOF joined along with her sister Bessie .

With her sister Bessie and sister-in-law Helen Cordelia , IOF was a founding member of the LeedsWomen's Suffrage Society , which formed in this year.

The large estate had proved too much for Isabella and Emily to handle without the help of their sister Bessie , who had managed the housekeeping and had died in 1919. They were also affected...

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...