Scottish Federation of Women's Suffrage Societies
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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.[2]
![]() Executive Committee of the Scottish Federation of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies in 1913 at the Windsor Hotel | |
Formation | 1910 |
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Affiliations | National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies, London |
The Federation supported the establishment of the Scottish Women's Hospitals proposed by Elsie Maude Inglis.[3]
Notable Members
- Wilhelmina Hay (Elizabeth) Abbott (1884–1957)
- Louisa Innes Lumsden (1840–1935)
- Chrystal Jessie Macmillan (1872–1937)
- Florence Marian McNeill (1885–1973)
- Eliza Maud "Elsie" Inglis (1864–1917)
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