Strachey, Pippa (1872–1968)
Strachey, Pippa (1872–1968)
British suffragist. Name variations: Philippa Strachey. Born Philippa Strachey in 1872; died 1968; dau. of Sir Richard Strachey (1817–1908) and Lady Jane Maria (Grant) Strachey (1840–1928); sister of Elinor Strachey (1860–1944), Dorothy Strachey (1865–1960, writer who m. Simon Bussy), Oliver Strachey (1874–1960), Marjorie Strachey (1882–1964), Joan Pernel Strachey (1876–1951), and Lytton Strachey (1880–1932); aunt of Julia Strachey (1901–1978, writer, dau. of Oliver Strachey and Ruby Meyer Strachey); sister-in-law of Ray Strachey; never married.
Joined mother in National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) and served as secretary, working mainly in the background to organize demonstrations; often collaborated with sister-in-law Ray Strachey on feminist causes, particularly as they related to labor issues, but was usually the long-term strategist behind the scenes; acted as secretary to the Women's Service Bureau when it became the London Society for Women's Service following end of WWI; also saw the founding of a club for the society, the Women's Service House, which was later renamed the Fawcett Society. Named Commander of the British Empire (CBE, 1951).
See also Brian Harrison, Prudent Revolutionaries: Portraits of British Feminists between the Wars (Clarendon, 1987); and Women in World History.