Marion Wallace Dunlop
British artist and suffragette (1864–1942) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Marion Wallace Dunlop (22 December 1864 – 12 September 1942) was a Scottish artist, author and illustrator of children's books,[1] and suffragette. She was the first and one of the most well known British suffrage activists to go on hunger strike on 5 July 1909, after being arrested in July 1909 for militancy.[2] She was at the centre of the Women's Social and Political Union and designed some of the most influential processions of the UK suffrage campaign,[3] as well as designing banners for them.
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Marion Wallace Dunlop | |
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Born | 22 December 1864 (1864-12-22) Leys Castle, Inverness, Scotland |
Died | 12 September 1942(1942-09-12) (aged 77) Guildford, Surrey, England |
Occupation(s) | Artist and writer |
Known for | Devising hunger strike as a means of suffragette protest |
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