Women’s Tax Resistance League.
Dr. Jessie Murray’s Protest.
On there was a most interesting
open air meeting in Upper-street, Islington, when
Dr. Jessie Murray, of
Endsleigh-street, Tavistock-square, protested against the seizure and public
sale of her carriage clock, owing to her refusal to pay Imperial taxes. Mrs.
[Margaret] Kineton Parkes and Mrs. Tyson also spoke, and gained the attention
of a large crowd by whom the usual resolution was unanimously passed.
Tax Resistance in John Burns’ Borough.
On , Mrs. Beaumont
Thomas and Mrs. Sutcliffe had goods sold by public auction, because of their
refusal to pay King’s taxes. The sale took place at Warren’s Auction Room,
Battersea Rise, and afterwards a procession with banners flying wended its
way to Mosbury-road, where a protest meeting was held and a big crowd
assembled. Miss Beaumont took the chair, and Mrs. [Anne] Cobden Sanderson and
Mrs. Kineton Parkes, of the Tax Resistance League, explained the reasons of
tax resistance and answered the questions asked. At the conclusion of the
speeches cheers were given for the speakers, and a resolution was carried:
“That this meeting is of opinion that women taxpayers are justified in
refusing to pay all Imperial taxes till they have the same control over the
national expenditure as male taxpayers possess.”
In the Country.
On , goods belonging to Miss Rose
were sold at Frinton-on-Sea, owing to her refusal to pay Imperial taxes.
