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Macadam, Elizabeth
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October 10, 1871-October 25, 1948
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Elizabeth Macadam was a British suffragist and leader in the development of social work. She studied social work at the Women's University Settlement in Southwark, London and then became the warden of the Victoria Women's Settlement in Liverpool where she worked with Eleanor Rathbone. In 1919 she became an officer of the National Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship as well as editor of the paper, the Woman's Leader. She lived with Eleanor Rathbone at a home in London until Eleanor's death in 1946. Elizabeth died in 1948 in Edinburgh.
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JB March 2019.