Miss Emily Bovell
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Education: Queens College London and Edinburgh University
Occupation: Teacher in 1866 but later qualified as a doctor
1866 Petition: Yes
Petition Area: 34 Gloucester Terrace, London, Middlesex, England
Other sources: https://www.parliament.uk/1866
Anne Dingsdale, 'Generous and Lofty Sympathies: The Kensington Society, the 1866 Women's Suffrage Petition and the Development of Mid-Victorian Feminism' (unpublished PhD, University of Greenwich, 1995)
Family information: Mother was a lodging housekeeper but took in students from Queen's College, London. Emily later married Dr William Sturge.
Additional Information: Emily was a member of the Kensington Society, which was hugely influential in formulating and executing the 1866 suffrage petition.
Other Suffrage Activities: After teaching, she studied medicine at Edinburgh University and became a doctor.