Catalogue description Coningham, Miss Eva

Executor for her suffragette aunt Emma Perry (sister of Miss C's mother, Caroline Coningham). Close relationship between the sisters. Nature of the relationship between Eva's parents, and Eva's role in resolving difficulties. Emma's suffragism. Beginning as a pupil-teacher, Emma qualified as a teacher at a Board School in Canning Town, and then became headmistress of Hallsville Secondary School, where she stayed till she retired at 60. The financial and other help she consistently gave to Eva's mother. Her Labour sympathies. Her National Union of Teachers activism. Her painting. Her last years.