Mrs Rudolph W (Mary) Crudelius

Gender: Female

Marital Status: Married

Born: 1839

Died: 1877

Place of birth: Bury, Lancashire, England

Education: Misses Turnbull's Boarding School, Edinburgh

Occupation: Education reformer and wife of a wool merchant

1866 Petition: Yes

Petition Area: Trinity, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Sources:

Other sources: https://www.parliament.uk/1866
Elizabeth Ewan, Sue Innes and Sian Reynolds, The Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women: From the Earliest Times to 2004 (2006)

Further Information:

Family information: Married German Rudolph Crudelius in 1861.

Other Suffrage Activities: Mary co-founded the Edinburgh Ladies Educational Association (ELEA), with the aim of achieving equal education opportunities for women. Mary worked for women's admission to universities and the ELEA provided classes for women at the same standard.

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