Minerva Café

Minerva Café
Minerva Café
Restaurantinformation
Established	1916
Street address	144High Holborn
City	London
Country	United Kingdom

TheMinerva Caféwas a vegetarian cafe founded bysuffragettesat 144High Holbornin London's Holborn district.

History[edit]

The Minerva Café was founded by theWomen's Freedom Leaguein June 1916. The president of the group was vegetarianCharlotte Despard.^[1]

TheBritish Socialist Partyand theCommunist Workers PartyofSylvia Pankhurstalso met at the cafe. The cafe produced a "considerable" profit used to fund the Women's Freedom League activities.^[2]Constance Markieviczspoke at the cafe in February 1923 at a meeting of theIrish Self-Determination League.^[3]The Australian writerMiles Franklinworked as a cook at the cafe.^[4]

In 1918, when the Representation of the People Act passed, the Minerva Café served a meal of vegetable soup, lentil cutlets, and rhubarb tarts.^[1]

References[edit]

^^a ^bRichardson, Elsa (2021)."Cranks, Clerks, and Suffragettes: The Vegetarian Restaurant in British Culture and Fiction 1880–1914"(PDF).Literature and Medicine.
^"The Minerva Café".libcom.org.Retrieved26 December2018.
^Lauren Arrington (24 November 2015).Revolutionary Lives: Constance and Casimir Markievicz.Princeton University Press.p. 234.ISBN 978-0-691-16124-2.
^Ross Davies (5 January 2015).Three Brilliant Careers: Nell Malone Miles Franklin Kath Ussher.Boolarong Press. p. 49.ISBN 978-1-925046-82-3.

External links[edit]

Tableware from the Minerva Cafe

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[:0-1] Richardson, Elsa (2021)."Cranks, Clerks, and Suffragettes: The Vegetarian Restaurant in British Culture and Fiction 1880–1914"(PDF).Literature and Medicine.

[hh-2] "The Minerva Café".libcom.org.Retrieved26 December2018.

[Arrington2015-3] Lauren Arrington (24 November 2015).Revolutionary Lives: Constance and Casimir Markievicz.Princeton University Press.p. 234.ISBN 978-0-691-16124-2.

[Davies2015-4] Ross Davies (5 January 2015).Three Brilliant Careers: Nell Malone Miles Franklin Kath Ussher.Boolarong Press. p. 49.ISBN 978-1-925046-82-3.

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