{"id":5210,"date":"2023-08-06T13:44:09","date_gmt":"2023-08-06T13:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.helpgoingvegan.info\/helpgovadmin\/?page_id=5210"},"modified":"2025-08-22T00:00:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T00:00:37","slug":"the-shrigleys","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.helpgoingvegan.info\/helpgovadmin\/index.php\/archive\/the-shrigleys\/","title":{"rendered":"Elsie (Sally) Shrigley"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Elsie Beatrice \u201cSally\u201d Shrigley (1899\u20131978)<\/strong><\/h4>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Co-founder of The Vegan Society in 1944 alongside Donald Watson and others; long-serving committee member who also served as an officer, including a period as president in the early 1960s. Often referred to as \u201cSally.\u201d\n
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Some histories credit Shrigley\u2014alongside Watson\u2014with coining or popularising \u201cvegan,\u201d while the Hendersons\u2019 \u201cAllvega\/Allvegan\u201d suggestion is also recorded in Society history; include both to reflect the record.\n
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Honorary secretary roles in local vegetarian groups (Croydon, Surrey, London); decades of Society service.\n
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<\/path><\/svg><\/span> Play: Open Door: The Vegan Society<\/span><\/a>\n <\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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