Julia Solly

Julia Solly was born 21 December 1862 at Seaforth Hall, Seaforth, Lancashire, England to Frances Jane (née Baines) and Edmund Knowles Muspratt. She attended the Cheltenham Ladies' College and she and her sister Nessie were some of the first female students at University College, Liverpool. Muspratt studied botany with professor Harvey Gibson and focused on the flora of South Africa. After graduating, she made a trip to the Americas with her father, travelling first to Canada to attend the British Association meeting in Montreal and then touring from the Pacific Northwest coast of the United States all the way back to New York City before heading home. Quotes “The woman writer who has done most to spread the idea of women's suffrage throughout the world is a born South African, Olive Schreiner.”** Sunday Times “home-protection weapon” South African History Online “the vote would serve as a ‘home protection weapon.’” ResearchGate External links Category:South African women Category:Anti-apartheid activists Category:African National Congress politicians Category:1862 births