Emily Langton Massingberd

Emily Langton Massingberd

Emily Caroline Langton Massingberd (1847-1897) was a women's rights campaigner and temperance activist. She founded the Pioneer Club in 1892 as a home for women of advanced views. [Crawford, Elizabeth. "Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide, 1866-1928 (Women's and Gender History)", Routledge, 2001] [ [http://www.victorianlondon.org/publications2/lookeron-9.htm WOMEN'S CLUBS] Victorian Dictionary]

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