Adela Stanton Coit (also known as Fanny Adela Coit and Adela Wetzlar , née von Gans, September 11, 1863 – October 7, 1932) was a women's suffragist and social reformer. She was a large proponent of the Ethical Movement, which was a movement that focused on providing humanism, or living "rich and moral lives without reference to religious doctrines or supernatural beliefs."
17-590: Coit may refer to: People [ edit ] Adela Coit (1863–1932) German women's suffragist Coit Albertson , American actor Coit D. Blacker , Special Assistant to the President Daniel Coit Gilman , American educator James Milnor Coit , American teacher John Coit Spooner , senator from Wisconsin Joshua Coit : American lawyer and politician Judson B. Coit Observatory ,
34-618: A member of the first Election Fighting Fund Committee of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies . From 1913 she was also a member of the executive committee of the London Society for Women's Suffrage . Women%27s Tax Resistance League The Women's Tax Resistance League (WTRL) was from 1909 to 1918 a direct action group associated with the Women's Freedom League that used tax resistance to protest against
51-460: A son, Richard Wetzlar, and three daughters, Elizabeth Wetzlar; Margaret Wetzlar and Virginia Flemming. She lived in London. Coit had a son, Richard Wetzlar, and three daughters—Elizabeth Wetzlar, Virginia Coit, and Margaret Wetzlar Coit. Margaret Wetzlar Coit was also involved in the women's suffrage movement. Adela Coit died on October 7, 1932, at Birling Gap. Coit was a women's suffragist and
68-546: A tradition of British tax resistance that included John Hampden . According to one source: "Tax resistance proved to be the longest-lived form of militancy, and the most difficult to prosecute. More than 220 women, mostly middle-class, participated in tax resistance between 1906 and 1918, some continuing to resist through the First World War, despite a general suspension of militancy." League member and author Beatrice Harraden said in 1913: The least any woman can do
85-470: A wall, could be reached only through an arched doorway, which Montefiore and her maid barred against the bailiffs. For six weeks, Montefiore resisted payment of her taxes, addressing the frequent crowds through the upper windows of the house. Elizabeth Wilks , who was the treasurer of the league, refused to pay her tax in 1908. Married women were not required to pay tax in Britain at that time. According to
102-580: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Adela Coit Adela Coit was born in Frankfurt-am-Main , Free City of Frankfurt , the daughter of Augusta von Gans (née Ettling) and German industrialist Fredrich Ludwig. She had two brothers, Paul Frederick von Gans and Ludwig Wilhelm von Gans. Coit was married to the writer and philanthropist Stanton Coit on December 21, 1898. She had also been married to Moritz Benedikt Julius Wetzlar. She had
119-403: Is non-partisan—an association of constitutional and militant suffragists, recruited from various suffrage societies for the purpose of resisting taxes. In several cases, the government seized and sold at auction items owned by the resisters. The League used these occasions as opportunities for demonstrations and publicity, for instance the "Siege of Montefiore" in 1906: The house, surrounded by
136-460: Is to refuse to pay taxes, especially the tax on actually earned income. This is certainly the most logical phase of the fight for suffrage. It is a culmination of the Government's injustice and stupidity to ask that we pay an income tax on income earned by brains, when they are refusing to consider us eligible to vote. The league was formed three years ago with the slogan: "No vote, no tax". It
153-719: The United States came to adopt some of the same techniques. Anna Howard Shaw said "I hold it is unfair to the women of this country to have taxation without representation, and I have urged [members of the National Woman Suffrage Association ] to adopt a course of passive resistance like the Quakers instead of aggressive resistance. I say to the Government, 'you may pick my pocket because you are stronger than I, but I'm not going to turn my pockets wrongside out for you.' ... I believe that
170-646: The House of Lords where it was realised that the law was unfair, British law did not get amended until 1972. Among the members or those who had to have their goods auctioned to pay overdue taxes, were as follows Others included: Dr Garrett Anderson, the Misses Collier, the Misses Dawes Thompson, Mrs. Hartley, Mrs Merivale Mayer, Mrs. Milligan, Miss Raleigh, Mrs. Vaughan and Miss Green, Mrs. Bormann Wells. The women's suffrage movement in
187-777: The astronomical observatory of the Boston University Lillie Hitchcock Coit , firefighter and eccentric Madelin Coit , American multi-media artist Moses Coit Tyler , American author Stanton Coit , writer on ethics Other [ edit ] Coit Tower , landmark in San Francisco Battle of Cat Coit Celidon , a battle in Arthurian legends English profanity See also [ edit ] Koit (disambiguation) Quoit (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
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#1732780546600204-570: The disenfranchisement of women during the British women's suffrage movement. Dora Montefiore proposed the formation of the league in 1897, and it was formally established on 22 October 1909. The league's activities peaked in the years before the First World War but were largely deflated in 1914 by the onset of that war, when the league membership passed a resolution to temporarily suspend their tax resistance. Members saw themselves in
221-458: The law, the joint income of a couple was added together and the husband paid the tax. However, Elizabeth, who earned more than her husband, refused to tell her husband, Mark Wilks, how much she earned. This put the authorities into a quandary, as Elizabeth was not liable to pay tax and her husband said he was willing to pay the tax but had no idea how much to pay. In 1910, the authorities illegally seized some of Elizabeth's goods in an attempt to levy
238-650: The only woman elected to the Royal Institution in 1898. She joined the International Women's Suffrage Alliance in Berlin from its beginning in 1904, becoming its treasurer in 1907. She joined the Women's Social and Political Union in 1907, later moving to become a member of the Women's Tax Resistance League . In 1911 she held a meeting for the Women's Tax Resistance League, going on to become
255-459: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Coit . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Coit&oldid=1203295203 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description
272-565: The tax on her income. The authorities then tried to claim the tax as coming either from both Wilkses or from Mark Wilks alone. This was legally unsatisfactory, as Mark Wilks was being asked for tax on an income of about £600 per annum that he was nominally unaware of. Subsequently, 3,000 teachers signed a petition when Mark Wilks was placed in Brixton prison , and there was a demonstration in Trafalgar Square to protest his treatment. He
289-406: Was released after a fortnight to celebrations from the supporters of the Women's Tax Resistance League, which included George Bernard Shaw . When tax resistance members had goods seized and auctioned to pay back taxes, processions from the auction house and celebrations took place with other supporters, with public speeches from decorated carriages, to explain their protest. Despite a debate in
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