Women of the Century Database Display

Surname	White
Forename/s	Florence
Other Names
Dates	(1886-1961)

Biographical Notes	Born 11 June 1886, Bradford. Florence worked at Tankard's mill until she was 18, then as dressmaker and piano teacher, and later ran a bakers and confectioners shop with her sister. In 1935 she organised a meeting in Bradford to publicise the plight of spinsters. This grew into the National Spinsters' Pension Association, a national movement which campaigned for pensions for unmarried women at the age of 55. In 1941 a partial victory was achieved, when pensions were given to all women at 60. The National Spinsters' Pension Association was officially disbanded in 1958.
Sources Used	Telegraph and Argus 19.3.1996, 28.6.1963, 19.3.1985, 18.4.1961
Further Sources	Florence White, family papers and National Spinsters' Association records (BC86078), West Yorkshire Archive Services, Bradford.
Associated Places	Bradford