Grace Chalmers Paterson was a campaigner, suffragist,

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activist and educationalist.

Early life

Paterson was born in Glasgow to Georgina Smith and William Paterson, a merchant.

Domestic education

She campaigned for the improvement of domestic education for

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girls. She was a friend and supporter of Janet Galloway and

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, founder of the

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. She was one of the first women elected to a school board in Glasgow, in 1885. She also founded the Glasgow school of cookery, alongside Margaret Black. She was the "driving force" behind this institution. She was involved in the temperance movement in Scotland.

Women's Suffrage

She was a founder member of the

Glasgow and West of Scotland Association for Women's Suffrage The Glasgow and West of Scotland Association for Women’s Suffrage was an organisation involved in campaigning for women’s suffrage, based in Glasgow, with members from all over the west of Scotland. Formation The association met for th ...

. She joined the

WSPU The Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) was a women-only political movement and leading militant organisation campaigning for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom from 1903 to 1918. Known from 1906 as the suffragettes, its membership and ...

in 1907.

References

Scottish activists British women's rights activists People associated with Glasgow Scottish suffragists Women's Social and Political Union British temperance activists 1843 births 1925 deaths 19th-century Scottish women 20th-century Scottish women {{UK-activist-stub