Emilie Solomon (1859–1939) was a British[1] supporter of women's suffrage[2] and president of the Cape Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU; 1919–1925) and was vice-president of the World WCTU (1925–1931).[3] She was also involved in the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) and the Salvation Army.[1] She was the first female chair of the Congregational Union, elected in 1937.[4]
She was born in the town of Bedford, Cape Colony (modern-day South Africa) in 1858.[5] Her father was Edward Solomon, a reverend of the Free Church in Southern Africa who worked for the London Missionary Society.[5][6] Despite this, the Solomons have been described as "of the Jewish faith by descent, tradition and observance".[7] She was the youngest of eight children;[5] her three brothers were Edward Philip Solomon, Richard Solomon, and another who was Chief Justice of the Union of South Africa.[6] Her mother was Jessie née Matthews, and her uncle was the politician Saul Solomon.[8]
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edit- ^ a b Fluehr-Lobban, Carolyn; Billson, Janet Mancini (4 July 2013). Female Well-Being: Toward a Global Theory of Social Change. Zed Books Ltd. ISBN 978-1-84813-667-0.
- ^ Tyrrell, Ian (19 March 2014). Woman's World/Woman's Empire: The Woman's Christian Temperance Union in International Perspective, 1880-1930. UNC Press Books. p. 224. ISBN 978-1-4696-2080-0.
- ^ Nugent, Paul (2011). "The Temperance Movement and Wine Farmers at the Cape: Collective Action, Racial Discourse, and Legislative Reform, C. 1890-1965". The Journal of African History. 52 (3): 345. ISSN 0021-8537. JSTOR 41480244.
- ^ Elphick, Richard; Davenport, Rodney; Davenport, T. R. H. (1 January 1997). Christianity in South Africa: A Political, Social, and Cultural History. University of California Press. p. 169. ISBN 978-0-520-20940-4.
- ^ a b c Carson 1941, p. 1.
- ^ a b "Woman Chairman". Western Morning News. 2 December 1936. p. 11. Retrieved 9 January 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Carson 1941, p. 2.
- ^ Carson 1941, pp. 1–2.
- Carson, J. J. G. (1941). Emilie Solomon: 1859-1939. Juta & Company.
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