Lily Loat (21 January 1880 – 16 August 1958) was a British anti-vaccination activist. She was the Secretary of the National Anti-Vaccination League for nearly 50 years.
Lily Loat | |
|---|---|
| Born | 21 January 1880 |
| Died | 16 August 1958 (aged 78) |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Secretary of the Anti Vaccination League |
| Known for | Anti vaccination activist |
Life
editLoat was born in Battersea in about 1880 and her father was John Loat. She was head pupil at Tiffin Girls' School in Kingston-on-Thames[citation needed]. After leaving school, she took shorthand lessons and gained her a position at the National Anti-Vaccination League. She worked for the league's secretary answering correspondence and during this time she became a strong supporter of the league. When the secretary resigned she was soon confirmed as the replacement secretary at the beginning of 1909.[1]
During 1920s and 1930s, she was on occasion invited to speak internationally.[1]
The League's journal The Vaccination Inquirer and Health Review had been published since 1880.[2] Lote took on the editorship of the journal in 1932.[1] In 1951, Loat published The Truth about Vaccination and Immunization. This was a small book that itemised the arguments against vaccination.[3] Loat was also opposed to vivisection.[4]
Loat died in Kingswood in Surrey in 1958. She was working for the National Anti-Vaccination League whilst in hospital during her final illness.[1]
Selected publications
edit- 1939, Pasteurization of Milk: The Case Against Compulsion
- 1951, The Truth About Vaccination and Immunization
References
edit- ^ a b c d Kramer, Molly Baer (2004). "Loat, Lily (1879/80–1958), anti-vaccination activist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/50749. Retrieved 2020-09-14. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ The Vaccination Inquirer and Health Review. 1880.
- ^ Nguyen, Trung; Loat, Lily (2018-01-19). The Truth about Vaccination and Immunization. EnCognitive.com. ISBN 978-1-927091-36-4.
- ^ Aryan Path. 1956.