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Frances Mary McPhun (1880–1940) was a Scottish
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Frances Mary McPhun (1880–1940) was a Scottish suffragette
A suffragette was a member of an activist women's organisation in the early 20th century who, under the banner "Votes for Women", fought for the right to vote in public elections in the United Kingdom. The term refers in particular to members ...
who served two months in 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,Moral Philosophy
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and English Literature
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. She and her sister 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 G ...
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 A hollow way is a sunken lane. Holloway may refer to:
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. 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 Medal
The Hunger Strike Medal was a silver medal awarded between August 1909 and 1914 to suffragette prisoners by the leadership of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU). During their imprisonment, they went on hunger strike while serving th ...
s 'for Valour' by the WSPU to record their hunger strikes,Burrell Collection Photo Library: Margaret McPhun/ref> although the sisters had agreed that they would choose to drink from a cup to avoid being force fed through a nasal tube. She was very active in by-election campaigns in the west of Scotland. Frances McPhun died in 1940 in Glasgow. The younger sister of Frances and Margaret McPhun was Nessie McPhun, who married a Glasgow businessman called Andrew R Findlay. A grandson of Andrew and Nessie Findlay is Scottish Conservative MSP Russell Findlay, who made reference to the sisters in a speech to the Scottish Parliament in March 2022
References
8. https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/official-report/what-was-said-in-parliament/meeting-of-parliament-03-03-2022?meeting=13611&iob=123571#orscontributions_M16201E327P816C2384109 The Scottish Parliament {{DEFAULTSORT:McPhun, Frances Scottish suffragettes Politicians from Glasgow 20th-century Scottish women politicians 20th-century Scottish politicians Alumni of the University of Glasgow 1880 births 1940 deaths Women's Social and Political Union Hunger Strike Medal recipients