Lonsdale, Kathleen

Lonsdale, Kathleen, Uxbridge Quaker Meeting clerk, London University DSc, X-ray researcher, born in Ireland 1903, lived at Ilford, educated at Downshill Elementary Seven Kings,  Ilford County High sch & Bedford College London, DSc 1929, married 1927 to Thomas Lonsdale, 3 children , FRI 30/3/45 p198[ worked 15 years at Royal Institution under William Bragg, Uxbridge Petty Sessions 14/12/42 fined for refusing fire watch as CO, paid costs but refused to pay fine, so 1 month prison instead, in Holloway Prison, FRI 29/1/43 p77; Lonsdale, K, (married with children, slim & curly haired), West Drayton, Middlesex, Doctor of Science & X ray researcher for Royal Institution, Ja43 served 1 month prison at Holloway as CO refusing to register for fire watch & refusing to pay the fine for this, had been voluntary fire warden but was protesting against the lack of a conscientious exemption for fire watching, as she had children she could have been exempted from prison, Uxbridge Court last week again fined 40s or 7 days prison, would have gone to prison but anonymous donor paid her fine, LDM 22/3/43 p6,  FRI 19/3/43 p201; spoke to Howard League for Penal Reform at Landen Rd 4/9/43, prison an anti – climax & not as bad as court experiences for many women, but difficulty in keeping clean with sanitary arrangements not very satisfactory, little soap & only 1 pen & ink bottle per landing, entire lack of re-education for prisoners but found officers & some prisoners kind, HEC  4/9/43 p4, LDM 4/9 p3, Torquay Express 4/9/43 p1