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Scottish suffragettes released from prison with Flora Drummond. Later Scotland's suffragettes were part of the British Women's Social and Political Union militant movement, and took part in campaigns locally and in London; for example when Winston Churchill arrived to stand for election as M.P. in Dundee in 1908 he was followed by 27 of the national leaders of the women's suffrage movements.
Inglis also played a role in the early years of the Scottish Federation of Women's Suffrage Societies, acting as honorary secretary from 1906 to 1914. [10] Sarah Mair, who was a leading activist for various causes including the Edinburgh Ladies' Educational Association, became president of the society in 1907. [11]
Mary Pollock Grant (1876–1957) – Scottish suffragette, Liberal Party politician, missionary and policewoman; Joan Lavender Bailie Guthrie (1889–1914) – British suffragette, and member of the Women's Social and Political Union; Elsa Gye (1881–1943) – Scottish suffragette, imprisoned for the cause, led WSPU branches in Nottingham and ...
Amy Sanderson née Reid (1876–1931), was a Scottish suffragette, national executive committee member of the Women's Freedom League, who was imprisoned twice.She was key speaker at the 1912 Hyde Park women's rally, after marching from Edinburgh to London, [1] and, with Charlotte Despard and Teresa Billington-Greig, was a British delegate to the 1908 [2] and 1923 international women's congresses.
Georgiana Solomon (1844–1933) – Scottish-born educator and suffragist, co-founder of the South African Women's Federation [11] Lady Barbara Steel (1857–1943) – suffragist and member of the Women's Enfranchisement Association of the Union, [ 18 ] helped acquire the vote for white women only in 1930
Scottish Federation of Women's Suffrage Societies is a Scottish organisation for women's suffrage. [1] It was established in 1910 as an affiliate of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies in London for the constitutional suffrage campaign in Scotland. [1] Those activists largely following peaceful methods were nicknamed as Suffragists ...
In 1907 or 1908, Mitchell and her mother attended a suffrage meeting at which Emmeline Pankhurst and Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence spoke. Lilias joined the Women's Social and Political Union at that meeting. [2] In 1910, Mitchell was part of a WSPU march to the House of Commons which was broken up by the police.
Scottish suffragette and Labour Party councillor Lila Clunas (born Maggie Eliza Clunas, 10 August 1876 – 29 December 1968) was a Scottish suffragette , educator, and Labour Party councillor. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] She was known as one of the leading suffragettes in Dundee .