Books By Kathryn Atherton - Author

After an MPhil in 17th century Studies, Kathy wrote much of ‘H’ as an editor at the Oxford English Dictionary. She then spent 10 years as a city lawyer during which time she came across the plaque marking the site of Emmeline and Fred Pethick-Lawrences’ home, once the headquarters of Mrs Pankhurst’s Women’s Social and Political Union. She has been researching the lives of Emmeline and Fred and their life-long collaborator in the fight for the vote, Mary Neal, for more than 15 years. Kathy is chairman of Dorking Museum & Heritage Centre. She regularly leads guided walks and speaks on aspects of the women’s suffrage movement at museums, conferences, universities and has appeared on radio and television. She has published seven books of local and national history and recently contributed a chapter to an academic publication on Women’s Suffrage in the Arts.