Nicholls, Elizabeth Webb

Also known as
Bakewell, Elizabeth Webb (1850-1943)
Nicholls, Elizabeth Webb (1850-1943)
Webb Nicholls, Elizabeth
Field of activity
Activist and Suffragist; magazine/journal editor; temperance advocate; women's activist; women's suffragist
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NICHOLLS, ELIZABETH WEBB (1850-1943), social reformer, was born on 21 February 1850 at Rundle Street, Adelaide, eldest daughter of Samuel Bakewell, grocer, and his first wife Mary Ann, née Pye. When Elizabeth was 3 her mother died and she spent several years in England with relatives. Her father married his sister-in-law Eliza Hannah Pye in 1854 and the family settled in Adelaide. Prone to chafe quietly at 'unreasonable restraint', Elizabeth longed for 'the will and power to be useful'. Both her father and uncle William Bakewell became members of the House of Assembly. She married fellow Methodist Alfred Richard Nicholls, warehouseman, on 2 August 1870; they had a daughter and four sons and raised two orphaned relatives.

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Elizabeth Webb Nicholls was born in Adelaide to Mary and Samuel Bakewell in 1850. She joined the Christian Woman's Temperance Union (WCTU) in 1886, and was elected provisional president in 1888. In 1889 she became Colonial president, a position she held until 1897. From 1894-1903 she was the Union's Australian President, and post-Federation, she served as State President from 1906 to 1927. She joined the South Australian Women's Suffrage League and subsequently became a League Councillor. In 1894 Elizabeth Nicholls assumed the role of Colonial Superintendent of the WCTU's Suffrage Department. She was appointed to the Board of the Adelaide Hospital from 1895-1922 and was a justice of the peace - one of the four first women - from 1915. She died in 1943

Elizabeth Webb Nicholls was born in Adelaide to Mary and Samuel Bakewell in 1850. She married Alfred Nicholls in 1870, and had five children as well as bringing up two orphaned relatives. She joined the Christian Woman's Temperance Union (WCTU) in 1886, and was elected provisional president in 1888. In 1889 she became Colonial president, a position she held until 1897. From 1894-1903 she was the Union's Australian President, and post-Federation, she served as State President from 1906 to 1927. She probably joined the South Australian Women's Suffrage League in early 1889 and later became a League Councillor. It was under her leadership that the WCTU gained 8,000 of the 11,600 signatures for the League's 1894 petition to Parliament. Following the submission of the petition, Elizabeth Nicholls took on the role of Colonial Superintendent of the WCTU's Suffrage Department. The legislation granting suffrage to women was passed in December 1894, and she then travelled around Adelaide and country South Australia giving talks about how to enrol and vote. Her 'Platform and Principles' is an example of her straightforward approach. From 1895-1922 she served on the Board of the Adelaide Hospital and was a justice of the peace - one of the four first women - from 1915. In addition she was actively involved with the Women's Non-Party Political Association and assisted Bessie Rischbieth to form the Australian Federation of Women's Societies (later known as the Australian Federation of Women Voters) in 1922. She died in 1943

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  1. Elizabeth Webb Nicholls (nee Bakewell)The Wakefield companion to South Australian history Prest, Wilfrid, 1940- (editor) ; Round, Kerrie (managing editor) ; Fort, Carol S. (Carol Susan) (assistant editor) 382 : Elizabeth Webb Nicholls (nee Bakewell)
    [2001]
    Published: Wakefield Press
  2. Torch-bearers : the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of South Australia, 1886-1948
    McCorkindale, Isabel
    [1949]
    Published: Woman's Christian Temperance Union of South Australia
  3. Bessie Rischbieth200 Australian women : a Redress anthology Radi, Heather 99-100 : Bessie Rischbieth
    Ogilvie, June
    [1988]
    Published: Women's Redress Press Inc
  4. Fresh evidence, new witnesses : finding women's history
    Allen, Margaret (Margaret Ellen), 1947- ; Hutchison, Mary and Mackinnon, Alison, 1942-
    [1989]
    Published: South Australian Government Printer
  5. In her own name : women in South Australian history
    Jones, Helen, 1926-
    [1986]
    Published: Wakefield Press
  6. Nicholls, Elizabeth Webb (1851-1943)Australian Dictionary of Biography Online : Nicholls, Elizabeth Webb (1851-1943)
    Mune, Marie
    [2006]
    Published: Australian National University
    Series: http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110023b.htm
  7. State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana: Woman's Christian Temperance Union of South Australia : SUMMARY RECORD (1889 - 1982)
    The collection is extensive and there are detailed series lists available. There are numerous sub-organisations that are concerned specifically with women including the Young Women’s Christian Temperance Union Department, the Francis Willard Women’s Christian Temperance Union. There as a huge amount of interesting information within this collection and it is necessary to consult the series lists for detailed information. Series 1- Comprises the administrative records of the state branch. Series 3 includes the Reports of annual Convention from 1889 Section 59 – Comprises biographical notes (c.1930) about Florence Balgarnie, Mrs. F.T.Edwards, Ellen & Mary Hodge, Mrs. Harrison Lee Cowie, Mrs. L.T.Williams and Sarah Turner. Section 60 – Biographical sketch of Miss Lockwood. (1937) Series IV – Contains the papers of Elizabeth Webb Nicholls. There are also several series involving correspondence between various women associated with the Union.
    SRG 186
  8. State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana: Young Women's Christian Association of Adelaide (1919 - 1981)
    Records of the Young Women's Christian Association of Adelaide Inc., comprising property files, minutes of various committees, admission registers, financial records, histories of YWCA, general subject files, minutes of Board of Directors. Also includes minutes and correspondence of the Four Corners Club, 1963-1976 and the Committee for the Welfare of Overseas Students.
    SRG 403

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  1. The opium trade / E.W. Nicholls
    Nicholls, Elizabeth Webb
    [ Book : 1895 ]
    At State Library S Aust
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  1. Elizabeth Webb Nicholls
    Thelma-Duryea Studios, photographer
    [ Photograph : 1919 ]
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    At State Library S Aust
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  2. Torch-bearers : the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of South Australia, 1886-1948 / edited by Isabel McCorkindale
    McCorkindale, Isabel, 1885-1971
    [ Book : 1949 ]
    At 16 libraries
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  3. Elizabeth Webb Nicholls
    Bartletto Studio; photographer
    [ Photograph : 1895 ]
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    At State Library S Aust
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  4. Speech by Chris Nicholls in honour of Elizabeth Webb Nicholls : Women's Suffrage Centenary, 15 April 1994
    Nicholls, Chris
    [ Book : 1994 ]
    At State Library S Aust
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  5. Mrs E.W. Nicholls
    [ Photograph : 1900 ]
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  6. Indoor garden party
    [ Video : 1994 ]
    At State Library S Aust
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