Amie Hicks

Amelia Jane Hicks (26 February 1839 – 5 February 1917), known as Amie Hicks, was a British suffragist, trade unionist and socialist activist.

Born in Southwark, Hicks grew up in the house of her uncle, Thomas Francis Dicksee. She returned to live with her father when she was fourteen, helping run his business. By the age of 25, she was married with three children, and the family moved to New Zealand. However, the move was unsuccessful, and they returned to England a few years later.

Inspired by her father's experience in the Chartist movement, Hicks joined the Democratic Federation in 1883, along with her husband and her daughter, Margaretta. She soon became known within the organisation for her focus on women's suffrage. She was elected to the executive council of the renamed Social Democratic Federation (SDF) in 1884, serving for a year.

Hicks stood for the London School Board in 1885 and 1888, although she was not elected. In 1889, she founded the East London Ropemakers' Women, which represented poorly paid women, and through it she became prominent in the Women's Trade Union Association, and its successor, the Women's Industrial Council. In 1894, she joined the Trades Union Congress' delegation to the American Federation of Labour, with John Burns and David Holmes. She was struck by illness and so was unable to participate in the convention once she arrived, but she later addressed various meetings.

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