Turner was born Minnie Sarah Turner on 6 May 1866 in
London. She ran a guest house in Brighton, the "Sea View", which served as a vacation spot, but also a haven for British suffragettes who had been imprisoned for the suffrage cause, many who were recovering from
force-feeding. Her boarders included
Lady Constance Bulwer-Lytton,
Mary Jane Clarke,
Emily Davison,
Flora Drummond,
Annie Kenney,
Mary Naylor,
Christabel Pankhurst,
Emmeline Pankhurst,
Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence,
Vera Wentworth, and
Ada Wright. Turner was arrested twice for her involvement in suffragette protests. In 1910 she was arrested for demonstrating outside the
House of Commons of the United Kingdom on
Black Friday. In November 1911 she was arrested for breaking a window in the
Home Office for which she received a 21 day sentence Holloway Prison. In 1912,
Emily Davison recuperated from her prison experience with Turner until she was able to travel to Northumberland to see her mother. Turner died in 1948. ==Legacy==