Margaret Clark Gillett

Margaret Clark Gillett was a British botanist, suffragist and social reformer.

Family

Gillett was born in 1878. She was the daughter of William Stephens Clark and his wife Helen Priestman Bright, and was the sister of Alice Clark and Hilda Clark. Her maternal grandfather was the radical Member of Parliament John Bright, from the Bright family of political activists and pioneers of the women's rights movement.
In February 1909 she married banker Arthur Bevington Gillett.

Activism

Gillett advocated for women and children held in concentration camps following the Boer War. She was also a suffragist, along with her mother, sisters and brother.

Botany

Gillet was also a botanist.