Gertrude Townend

Gertude Townend
NationalityBritish
EducationTrained at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London
Occupation(s)nurse and suffragette
Organizationprivate care home nursing recovering suffragettes
Known forsuffragette activism and hunger strike

Gertrude Catherine Townend was a British nurse and suffragette. She provided, with Nurse Catherine Pine, a care home for suffragettes recovering from imprisonment and force-feeding, and participated in suffragette gatherings.

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