Edith: Socialist, Suffragette and Mother of the "Bride"

Edith Lanchester (Wikipedia) Edith Lanchester, the mother of Bride of Frankenstein actress Elsa, would probably forever remain in her daughter’s famous shadow had it not been for the events that unfolded in October 1895. For Edith was abducted and incarcerated in a lunatic asylum by her own family, simply for being ‘too educated’. But although this incident is what found Edith lasting fame and…