Women's Vegetarian Union

In June 1905, ''[[The Queen: The Ladies Newspaper and Court Chronicle|The Queen]]'' and ''[[The Daily News (UK)|The Daily News]]'' reported that the WVU would hold the first International Conference of Vegetarian Women on 21 June at [[Congregational Memorial Hall|Memorial Hall]], with representatives from the United States, Italy, Belgium and France, and papers by [[Lady Henry Somerset]], [[Walburga, Lady Paget|Lady Paget]], Mlle Truchard, Mme de Looy and [[Adelaide Johnson|Adelaide Johnston]]. The annual meeting was to be presided over by [[May Yates]], and [[Chandos Leigh Hunt Wallace|C. L. H. Wallace]] would chair the conference; the programme included a discussion on educational methods of helping the unemployed.{{cite news |date=1905-06-10 |title=The first International Conference of Vegetarian Women |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002627/19050610/273/0042 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2026-02-03 |newspaper=[[The Queen: The Ladies Newspaper and Court Chronicle|The Queen]] |pages=42 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}{{cite news |date=1905-06-22 |title=Lady Henry Somerset's Testimony |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000051/19050622/173/0009 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2026-02-03 |newspaper=[[The Daily News (UK)|The Daily News]] |pages=9 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}

In June 1905, ''[[The Queen: The Ladies Newspaper and Court Chronicle|The Queen]]'' and ''[[The Daily News (UK)|The Daily News]]'' reported that the WVU would hold the first International Conference of Vegetarian Women on 21 June at [[Congregational Memorial Hall|Memorial Hall]], with representatives from the United States, Italy, Belgium and France, and papers by [[Lady Henry Somerset]], [[Walburga, Lady Paget|Lady Paget]], Mlle Truchard, Mme de Looy and [[Adelaide Johnson|Adelaide Johnston]]. The annual meeting was to be presided over by [[May Yates]], and [[Chandos Leigh Hunt Wallace|C. L. H. Wallace]] would chair the conference; the programme included a discussion on educational methods of helping the unemployed.{{cite news |date=1905-06-10 |title=The first International Conference of Vegetarian Women |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002627/19050610/273/0042 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2026-02-03 |newspaper=[[The Queen: The Ladies Newspaper and Court Chronicle|The Queen]] |pages=42 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}{{cite news |date=1905-06-22 |title=Lady Henry Somerset's Testimony |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000051/19050622/173/0009 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2026-02-03 |newspaper=[[The Daily News (UK)|The Daily News]] |pages=9 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}

On 22 June 1906, the WVU held its annual meeting at Memorial Hall. [[Charlotte Despard]], the union's president, chaired the meeting. [[Lizzy Lind af Hageby|Lizzy Lind af Hageby]] spoke about the health benefits she said she had experienced after six years as a vegetarian, and [[J. Stenson Hooker]] spoke about saving money as a result of a vegetarian diet.{{cite news |date=23 June 1906 |title=Vegetarian 'experiences' |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005049/19060623/164/0006 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2026-02-03 |newspaper=[[London Daily Chronicle]] |pages=6 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}

On 22 June 1906, the WVU held its annual meeting at Memorial Hall. [[Charlotte Despard]], the union's president, chaired the meeting. [[Lizzy Lind af Hageby]] spoke about the health benefits she said she had experienced after six years as a vegetarian, and [[J. Stenson Hooker]] spoke about saving money as a result of a vegetarian diet.{{cite news |date=23 June 1906 |title=Vegetarian 'experiences' |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005049/19060623/164/0006 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2026-02-03 |newspaper=[[London Daily Chronicle]] |pages=6 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}

== Activities ==

== Activities ==

* ''First Annual Report'' (1895–96)

* ''First Annual Report'' (1895–96)

* ''Second Annual Report'' (1896–97)

* ''Second Annual Report'' (1896–97)

* ''Third'' ''Annual Report'' (1897–98)

* ''Third'' ''Annual Report'' (1897–98)

* ''Fifth'' ''Annual Report'' (1899–1900; international)

* ''Fifth'' ''Annual Report'' (1899–1900; international)

* ''Sixth'' ''Annual Report'' (1900–1901; international)

* ''Sixth'' ''Annual Report'' (1900–1901; international)