Mary Emma Macintosh (died c. 1916) was a South African suffragist. She was the first President of the
Women's Enfranchisement Association of the Union {{Use dmy dates, date=April 2022
Women's Enfranchisement Association of the Union (WEAU) was a women's organization in South Africa, founded in 1911.Ian Christopher Fletcher, Philippa Levine, Laura E. Nym Mayhall :Women's Suffrage in the British Emp ...
.
Life
She studied at the
Huguenot College. She married a merchant, William MacIntosh. She was active in the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union, the
Guild of Loyal Women
The Guild of Loyal Women of South Africa was a voluntary organisation which identified, marked and maintained Second Boer War graves and military graveyards. A prominent founder member was the author and conservationist, Dorothea Fairbridge (1862 ...
, and the Empire League.
Birth 31 Jul 1864
Death 2 Dec 1915 (aged 51)
Burial
South End Cemetery
Port Elizabeth, Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Memorial ID 140645835
References
South African suffragists
1910s deaths
Year of death uncertain
Year of birth missing
Women's suffrage in South Africa
External links
Mary Emma MacIntosh Find a grave, South End Cemetery, Port Elizabeth,
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