Caroline Stansfeld | |
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Born | |
Died | 29 March 1885 | (aged 69)
Nationality | English |
Occupation | Activist |
Spouse | |
Children | Joseph James Stansfeld |
Relatives | William Ashurst (father) Eliza Ann Ashurst Bardonneau (sister) Matilda Ashurst Biggs (sister) Emilie Ashurst Venturi (sister) |
Caroline Ashurst Stansfeld (/ˈstænsfiːld/ STANSS-feeld; 28 January 1816 – 29 March 1885) was a member of an important family of radical activists in mid-nineteenth-century England who supported causes ranging from women's suffrage to Italian unification. In 1844, she married[1] Sir James Stansfeld (1820–1898), the future MP for Halifax and preeminent political advocate for the movement to repeal the Contagious Diseases Acts.[2] She maintained a close friendship with Italian nationalist Giuseppe Mazzini, who wrote to her frequently and 1,500 of his letters to the family have been published in E.F. Richards’ collection: Letters to an English Family.[3]