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Margaret Irwin (1858–1940) – trade unionist, suffragist and founder member of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Association for Women's Suffrage; Christina Jamieson (1864–1942) – writer and suffragette; Maud Joachim (1869–1947) – suffragette who was one of the first suffragettes to go on hunger strike
The following autumn, 1910, Thomson travelled to London to join the Pankhursts in their increasingly physical fight for women's right to vote. On 18th November 1910, the infamous clash between suffrage campaigners and police officers, known as Black Friday, took place on the streets of London. Thomson describes the day in her autobiography ...
On Saturday 10 October 2009 5000 people paraded through Edinburgh in autumn sunshine to commemorate the work of the suffrage movement, to celebrate women's achievements in the intervening 100 years, and to re-energise women's commitment to political representation and action in Scotland. [2] "The suffragettes wanted votes for women; these re ...
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“Learning about the Black Friday of 1910 changed my perspective on suffragettes. They weren’t just early feminists, but genuine, certified badasses.”
Mary Reid Anderson (née Macarthur; 13 August 1880 – 1 January 1921) was a Scottish suffragist (although at odds with the national groups who were willing to let a minority of women gain the franchise) [1] [2] and was a leading trades unionist.
Henria Leech Williams (6 January 1867 – 2 January 1911) was a British suffragette, who organised local meetings and attended suffrage demonstrations. She died two months after the 'Black Friday' demonstration, probably as a result of an underlying health condition being aggravated by the violent treatment she received.