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...

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.

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

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...

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...