Scottish_Federation_of_Women's_Suffrage_Societies

Scottish Federation of Women's Suffrage Societies

Scottish Federation of Women's Suffrage Societies

Scottish organisation

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 compaign in Scotland.[1] Those activists largely following peaceful methods were nicknamed as Suffragists.[2]

Quick Facts Formation, Location ...

The Federation supported the establishment of the Scottish Women's Hospitals proposed by Elsie Maude Inglis.[3]

Notable Members

References

  1. [1]
    Smitley, Megan K. (2009). The feminine public sphere: middle-class women in civic life in Scotland, c. 1870 - 1914. Gender in history. Manchester: Manchester Univ. Press. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-7190-7966-5.
  2. [2]
    "Campaigns for women's suffrage - Domestic impact of war: politics - National 5 History Revision". BBC Bitesize. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  3. [3]
    Ewan, Elizabeth; Pipes, Rose; Rendall, Jane; Reynolds, Siân (2018). The New Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women (2 ed.). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. p. 211. ISBN 9781474436298.

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