People - Annie Fridlander - Suffragette

Annie Esther Fridlander (1864-1963) was the daughter of famous Coventry Jewish watchmaker Alfred Fridlander and Flora Fridlander née Solomon.

Annie was an activist for women's rights. She was an active campaigner for votes for women in the city, joining Coventry Women's Suffrage Society - the local branch of the law abiding National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) led by Mrs Millicent Fawcett. Annie's family were clearly supportive of female suffrage too as on occasion she was accompanied to meetings by both her mother Flora and her father Alfred. 

Annie's photograph album can be seen in the Coventry Archive at the Herbert Museum. The album, dated 1875, may well have been passed to her by her mother Flora Fridlander, and many of the photos appear to be of her. There is one beautiful family group photo with father Alfred standing beside Annie. Annie's mother Flora is seated with a fan on her lap - something which she perhaps became in the habit of using in her youth in Jamaica. Also in the group are Annie's sister, Adelaide and brother Ernest David, whose paintings and poetry are in the Herbert Museum collection.

See these Links for further information:  (Note: These are external links for which we have no responsibility for the content)

• Fridlander family 1911 Census on Coventry Atlas

• Annie Fridlander entry in Mapping Women's Suffrage 1911

• The diary of Catherine Spence for 2 July 1894 when she visited Annie Fridlander in Coventry

• Sewing Box given to Annie Fridlander by Cara Bray - in The Herbert Collection

• Extensive Coventry Archives Collection of Annie Fridlander letters and photos

• Coventry Archive Article about photos of men with beards in the photo album given, perhaps by her mother, to Annie Fridlander in 1875

• Hidden Histories | Coventry Jewish Watchmakers - The book telling the stories of the Fridlander family's pivotal role in Coventry's Jewish community and their contributions to the life of the City