Married Harry Albert Atkinson at Chorlton upon Medlock, Lancashire in 1893. They returned to New Zealand in Nov 1893. Member of the Christchurch Socialist Church which her husband formed in Oct 1896. They became involved with the anti-conscription movement, and from 1911, the National Peace Council of New Zealand. Childless, Rose became a `mother' to the young passive resisters of compulsory military training; she attended their trials and visited them in prison and at Ripapa Island detention camp. She died on 22 Jun 1955. [Source: Entry for Harry Albert Atkinson in DNZB Vol 2]
Atkinson, Rose Claridge, -1955
Bell, Rose Claridge, -1955
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Manuscript
Rose Atkinson - Notebook
Date: 1914-1915
From: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994: Collected papers, personal papers, photographs and ephemera
Reference: 82-213-06
Description: Note and cuttings made by Rose Atkinson, who attended the trials of anti-conscriptionists in Christchurch Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Miscellaneous papers - The Labour Churches and New Zealand by H Roth etc
Date: 1901-1903
From: Ranstead, William, 1859-1944 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0071-18
Description: `The Labour churches of New Zealand' by Herbert Roth (annotated and with Jack Ranstead of Matangi bookplate), n d; photograph of Mr and Mrs H A Atkinson, Christchurch, May 1901 (members of Christchurch Socialist Church); letter from Rose C Atkinson, Spreydon, Christchurch, 15 Nov 1902; photograph of W Larner Sugden, Leek; letter from Elizabeth B Taylor (Mrs T E Taylor), Cashmere Hills, Christchurch, 1903; `The Art of creation' by Edward Carpenter, being the second anniversary of Larner Sugden Memorial delivered at the William Morris Labour Church at Leek, 1903; `The Parting of the ways' by J W Mackail being the first anniversary lecture of the Larner Sugden Memorial delivered at the William Morris Labour Church at Leek, 1902. Quantity: 1 folder(s).