Leonora Cohen OBE (15 June 1873 – 4 September 1978) was a British suffragette and trade unionist, and one of the first female magistrates. She was known as the "Tower Suffragette" after smashing a display case in the Tower of London and acted as a bodyguard for Emmeline Pankhurst. She lived to the age of 105 and contributed to the second wave of feminism in the 1970s.
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15 June 1873 Hunslet Leeds
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4 September 1978 (aged 105) Colwyn Bay, Conwy, Wales, United Kingdom
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Zodiac | Gemini |
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