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Frances McPhun
Frances Mary McPhun (1880–1940) was a Scottish suffragette who served two months in HM Prison Holloway, Holloway prison, and had organised events and processions for women's suffrage in Edinburgh. Life Frances Mary McPhun was born in Glasgow in 1880. She studied at the University of Glasgow, graduating with an MA degree, and winning prizes in Political economy, Political Economy, Ethics, Moral Philosophy and English literature, English Literature. She and her sister Margaret McPhun joined the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU). She arranged a pageant of famous Scottish women for a women's suffrage procession in Edinburgh in October 1909. She was honorary organising secretary for the Scottish Suffrage Exhibition in 1910, and was honorary secretary of the Glasgow branch of the WSPU in 1911-1912. She and her sister were amongst dozens jailed for smashing government office windows in March, 1912. She served two months hard labour in Holloway (HM Prison), Holloway. The sis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret McPhun
Margaret Pollock McPhun (1876–1960) was a Scottish suffragette from Glasgow who served two months in Holloway Prison in London and composed a poem about imprisoned activist Janie Allan. Life McPhun was born on 8 July 1876. Her father was a Glasgow councillor and timber merchant. She and her sister Frances McPhun joined the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) in 1909, and she was the Scottish WSPU press secretary from 1912-1914. They were amongst dozens jailed for smashing government office windows in March 1912. The sisters had both attended the University of Glasgow, where Margaret had studied psychology and obtained an MA in 1897. The sisters used the name "Campbell" to hide their background when they were arrested. When they were released from Holloway Prison after two months, they were given hunger strike medals 'for Valour' by the WSPU to record their hunger strikes, though the sisters had agreed that they would choose to drink from a cup to avoid being force fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
