Lilian Sauter
Lilian Sauter (née Blanche Lilian Galsworthy, 1 September 1864 – 27 October 1924) was a poet and suffragist who, as a 'well read and independent-minded woman', was a significant influence on the life and work of her brother John Galsworthy. Life Blanche Lilian Galsworthy was born 1 September 1864, the oldest of four children born to Blanche Bailey (1837–1915) and solicitor John Galsworthy (1817–1904). As well as two brothers, John and Hubert, she had a sister: Mabel Edith (born 1871). According to John Galsworthy's biographer, "Lilian and Mabel were girls of clear minds and vigorous wills. Neither had any intention of being restricted to domestic routines, as their mother would certainly have preferred; and fortunately they had, in their father, a loving champion of their desire to live more fully." Lilian, who loved to attend lectures, exhibitions, and concerts, was known as the "intellectual sister". Mabel wrote:Of our elder sister Lilian, I remember that even at that time she was so quiet and studious as to seem more than her three years older than John. A rare spirit in a frail body, it was she who brought to us three younger ones the greater part of such mental stimulus as