March 3, 1841, Liverpool, England.
March 20, 1931, Middleborough, Yorkshire, England..
Daughter of S. M. Bulley of Liverpool, and granddaughter of Thomas Raffles, Emma was married in 1874 to nonconformist minister Elkanah Armitage, who was (as of 1891), Theological Professor at the Congregational United College at Bradford, England. In October 1871, she was one of the first five students at Newnham College, Oxford University , and taught history in the Women’s Department at Owens College in Manchester. She was the first woman on the school board at Rotherham, Yorkshire; an honorary fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland; and first president of the Yorkshire Congregational Women’s Guild of Christian Service. Her works include: