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Scottish suffragist
Frances Mary McPhun
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Born
| 1880
(
1880
)
Glasgow, Scotland
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Died
| 1940 (aged 59–60)
Glasgow, Scotland
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Education
| University of Glasgow
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Known for
| Scottish suffragette
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Parent(s)
| John McPhun
Fanny McPhun
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Relatives
| Margaret McPhun
(sister)
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Frances Mary McPhun
(1880?1940) was a Scottish
suffragette
who served two months in
Holloway prison
, and had organised events and processions for
women's suffrage
in
Edinburgh
.
Life
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Frances Mary McPhun was born in
Glasgow
in 1880. She studied at the
University of Glasgow
, graduating with an MA degree,
[1]
and winning prizes in
Political Economy
,
Moral Philosophy
and
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
. The sisters used the name "Campbell" to hide their background when they were arrested.
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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,
[3]
although the sisters had agreed that they would choose to drink from a cup to avoid being force fed through a nasal tube.
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She was very active in by-election campaigns in the west of
Scotland
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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 [8]
References
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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
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