page_title: Emily Blathwayt
section_title: Death and legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Emily Blathwayt / Death and legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: Emily Blathwayt. This picture was taken by Colonel Linley Blathwayt and was stored on glass negatives. The Blathwayt's home of Eagle House way the home of Linley, Emily and Mary Blathwayt who all actively supported the suffragette cause. Nearly all the prominient UK suffragettes stayed with them and these photos and dozens of trees were planted to commemorate their visits. Col. Linley Blathwayt took these pictures between 1908 and 1912. He died in 1919. The pictures are made available in larger formats by BathInTime.co.uk.
context_page_description: Emily Blathwayt was a British suffragette and mother of Mary Blathwayt. She and her husband, Linley, a retired Colonel from the Indian Army lived at Eagle House in Somerset and established a welcome and garden summerhouse for women in the movement, that became known as the "Suffragette's Rest".
context_section_description: Emily Blathwayt lived  at Eagle House until her death in 1940. The archive of Emily's  and Mary's personal diaries and the many photographs by Linley remain as an intimate record of the movement and its supporters . The trees that were planted at Eagle House were removed to make way for a housing estate. Other trees have been planted along with replacements for lost memorials. An art work was created to note the impact of Eagle House and of Annie Kenney (hosted by Emily Blathwayt) created by artist Jeni Wood in 2016.
caption: Emily Blathwayt watering a tree in 1909 at Eagle House
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