Kate Harvey was an English suffragist, physiotherapist, and charity worker. Profoundly deaf and widowed at a young age, she operated a home for women and children, and then later for disabled children. She participated in the Women's Tax Resistance League and was jailed for her refusal to pay tax if she were not allowed the right to vote. She was the first person imprisoned for failure to pay a tax under the Insurance Act.
- Occupation
- journalist, social worker, suffragette, suffragist
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- November 13, 1862
- Died
- April 29, 1946
