Lilian M.R. Rayne was a suffragette and artist. Bessie E.R. Rayne (b 1871), later Mrs J.N. Sparkes, was a suffragette. Dorothy Rayne (b 1880) was a suffragette and artist.

Diaries of the Rayne family, mainly of Lilian, Bessie and Dorothy Rayne. The collection also contains some diaries of their mother. The diaries are mainly concerned with domestic and family matters.

The diaries were bought from D.P. White in 1990.

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suffragettes

Diaries | 1890-1961

Rayne | Dorothy | b 1880 | suffragette and artist

Rayne | Lilian M R | fl 1890-1946 | suffragette and artist

Sparkes | Bessie E R | b 1871 | suffragette