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'''Elsie Beatrice Shrigley''' ([[née]] '''Salling'''; 30 October 1899 – 13 May 1978), also known as '''Sally Shrigley''', was an English |
'''Elsie Beatrice Shrigley''' ([[née]] '''Salling'''; 30 October 1899 – 13 May 1978), also known as '''Sally Shrigley''', was an English vegan activist and a co-founder, along with [[Donald Watson]], of [[The Vegan Society]] in 1944. She is credited, by some, as coining the word "[[Veganism|vegan]]" with Watson.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fox|first=Sarah W.|date=2017-04-30|title=Elsie Shrigley: The Woman Behind the Word Veganism|url=http://www.collectivelyfree.org/elsie-shrigley/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-02-06|website=Collectively Free|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Greenwood|first=Margaret Puskar-Pasewicz|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3-braqoek0AC|title=Cultural Encyclopedia of Vegetarianism|year=2010|isbn=978-0-313-37557-6|location=Santa Barbara, California|pages=239|oclc=693771866}}</ref> |
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== Biography == |
== Biography == |
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Shrigley was born in North London, in 1899, to a Swedish mother and Danish father.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Davis|first=John|date=September 2016|title=The Origins of the Vegans: 1944-46|url=https://vegsoc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Origins-of-the-vegans.pdf |
Shrigley was born in North London, in 1899, to a Swedish mother and Danish father.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Davis|first=John|date=September 2016|title=The Origins of the Vegans: 1944-46|url=https://vegsoc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Origins-of-the-vegans.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101075908/https://www.vegsoc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Origins-of-the-vegans.pdf|archive-date=2019-11-01|access-date=2021-02-06|website=The Vegetarian Society UK|url-status=dead}}</ref> She married Walter Shrigley, a dentist, in 1939.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2016-04-27|title=In search of Sally - The Lesser Known Founder of The Vegan Society with Donald Watson|url=http://www.veggievision.tv/in-search-of-sally-2/|access-date=2021-02-06|website=VeggieVision.TV|language=en-GB}}</ref> Shrigley became a vegetarian in 1934 and stopped eating dairy from 1944.<ref name=":0" /> In August of the same year, Shrigley along with Donald Watson and others called for "a non-dairy section of the Vegetarian Society"; the rejection of this proposal from the society<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=17 January 2020|title=The seeds of veganism|url=https://www.ft.com/content/2d5b0550-372c-11ea-a6d3-9a26f8c3cba4|url-access=subscription|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=2021-02-06|website=Financial Times}}</ref> led to the formation of the vegan movement and the founding of The Vegan Society.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-09-01|title=The Women Pioneers of the Movement: Rarely Out of the Shadows|url=https://www.vegfest.co.uk/2019/09/01/women-pioneers-movement-rarely-shadows/|access-date=2021-02-06|website=VegfestUK|language=en-GB}}</ref> |
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Shrigley was an honorary secretary of the Croydon Vegetarian Society from 1940 to 1958 and was later a secretary for the Surrey Vegetarian Society.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Arioch|first=David|date=2018-10-06|title=Elsie Shrigley, uma pioneira do movimento vegano|trans-title=Elsie Shrigley, a pioneer of the vegan movement|url=https://vegazeta.com.br/elsie-shrigley-na-historia-do-veganismo/ |
Shrigley was an honorary secretary of the Croydon Vegetarian Society from 1940 to 1958 and was later a secretary for the Surrey Vegetarian Society.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Arioch|first=David|date=2018-10-06|title=Elsie Shrigley, uma pioneira do movimento vegano|trans-title=Elsie Shrigley, a pioneer of the vegan movement|url=https://vegazeta.com.br/elsie-shrigley-na-historia-do-veganismo/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-02-06|website=Vegazeta|language=pt-BR}}</ref> She was also a temporary secretary for the [[London Vegetarian Society]] for three months. She was President of The Vegan Society in the early 1960s, then taking various other positions in the society; she served on its committee until her death.<ref name=":1" /> |
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She died in [[Tonbridge, Kent]] in 1978.<ref name=":1" /> |
She died in [[Tonbridge, Kent]] in 1978.<ref name=":1" /> |
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Latest revision as of 13:45, 25 June 2024
Elsie Beatrice Shrigley | |
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| Born | Elsie Beatrice Salling 30 October 1899 North London, England |
| Died | 13 May 1978 (aged 78) Tonbridge, Kent, England |
| Occupation | Veganism activist |
| Known for | Co-founding The Vegan Society |
Elsie Beatrice Shrigley (née Salling; 30 October 1899 – 13 May 1978), also known as Sally Shrigley, was an English vegan activist and a co-founder, along with Donald Watson, of The Vegan Society in 1944. She is credited, by some, as coining the word "vegan" with Watson.[1][2]
Biography
[edit]Shrigley was born in North London, in 1899, to a Swedish mother and Danish father.[3] She married Walter Shrigley, a dentist, in 1939.[4] Shrigley became a vegetarian in 1934 and stopped eating dairy from 1944.[3] In August of the same year, Shrigley along with Donald Watson and others called for "a non-dairy section of the Vegetarian Society"; the rejection of this proposal from the society[5] led to the formation of the vegan movement and the founding of The Vegan Society.[6]
Shrigley was an honorary secretary of the Croydon Vegetarian Society from 1940 to 1958 and was later a secretary for the Surrey Vegetarian Society.[7] She was also a temporary secretary for the London Vegetarian Society for three months. She was President of The Vegan Society in the early 1960s, then taking various other positions in the society; she served on its committee until her death.[4]
She died in Tonbridge, Kent in 1978.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Fox, Sarah W. (2017-04-30). "Elsie Shrigley: The Woman Behind the Word Veganism". Collectively Free. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
- ^ Greenwood, Margaret Puskar-Pasewicz (2010). Cultural Encyclopedia of Vegetarianism. Santa Barbara, California. p. 239. ISBN 978-0-313-37557-6. OCLC 693771866.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b Davis, John (September 2016). "The Origins of the Vegans: 1944-46" (PDF). The Vegetarian Society UK. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-11-01. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
- ^ a b c "In search of Sally - The Lesser Known Founder of The Vegan Society with Donald Watson". VeggieVision.TV. 2016-04-27. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
- ^ "The seeds of veganism". Financial Times. 17 January 2020. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
- ^ "The Women Pioneers of the Movement: Rarely Out of the Shadows". VegfestUK. 2019-09-01. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
- ^ Arioch, David (2018-10-06). "Elsie Shrigley, uma pioneira do movimento vegano" [Elsie Shrigley, a pioneer of the vegan movement]. Vegazeta (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-02-06.