Una Duval

Una Harriet Ella Stratford Duval (; 28 January 1879– 24 February 1975) was a British suffragette and marriage reformer. Her refusal to say "and obey" in her marriage vows made national news. She bought the painting of Christabel Pankhurst by the suffragist Ethel Wright which was later donated to the National Portrait Gallery. Early life Una was the debutante daughter of Commander Edward Stratford Dugdale and his wife, Harriet Ella Portman, who were both supporters of the suffrage movement. Una was educated at Cheltenham Ladies' College, and later in Hanover and Paris where she studied singing. She was niece of Arthur Peel, 1st Viscount Peel, Speaker of the House of Commons Her parents' household had five servants, and they had a holiday home near Aberdeen. Activism Una Dugdale was introduced to the suffrage movement by Frank Rutter. In 1907 she first heard Christabel Pankhurst speaking in Hyde Park and from thence on toured the country with Mrs. Pankhurst raising political awareness and helping her in her work. In 1908 she began working with Helen Fraser in Aberdeen, where she addressed the (predominantly male) fisherfolk in Stonehaven. And she was pictured at the by-election in Newcastle in 1908 talking to voters (male) aiming to gain their support.