Chrystal and the General
Thursday 8th / Friday 9th October
7:30 - 8:45
£8 (£6 conc)
The story of two very different heroines of the suffragette movement put strongly in the context of women's struggles today. An interactive event dedicated to feminists of the past, present, and future.
In memory of Sue Innes (1948 - 2005)
Scripted by Jo Clifford, performed by Suzanne Dance and Clunie Mackenzie. All for the Gude Cause.
www.gudecause.org.uk
Scottish Storytelling Centre - What's On Sep-Nov 2009 (PDF)
www.scottishstorytellingcentre.co.uk
43 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR
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Tel: 0131 556 9579
Flora Drummond
* S2M-2415 Ms Rosemary Byrne: Scottish Suffragette Women—That the Parliament pays tribute to the life of Flora Drummond; recognises her contribution to the suffragette movement; acknowledges the personal sacrifice she made while on hunger strike and in prison at nine different times; regrets that the role of Scottish suffragette women is not taught widely in Scottish education, and calls on the Scottish Executive to commemorate the role of Scottish suffragette women by pressurising Her Majesty’s Government for a posthumous pardon for all concerned. Business Bulletin No.26/2005: Friday 11 February 2005
Hansard, 27 July 1916 vol 84 c1885W
Mr. JOWETT asked the Minister of Munitions whether Mrs. Flora Drummond, who accompanied and took charge of the girl munition workers from the Clyde on their recent visit to France, is the same lady who is known as General Drummond of the Women's Social and Political Union; whether this lady was responsible for the production of the paper known as "Britannia'' at the time of its suppression owing to alleged libels of certain members of the Government and misstatements of fact; whether Mrs. Drummond was paid by any Government Department in connection with this visit to France; and, if so, how much public money was paid to her as remuneration and expenses?
§ Dr. ADDISON I have no knowledge of the expedition referred to by my hon. Friend and no payment was made to Mrs. Drummond by the Minister of Munitions in respect of it.
Chrystal Macmillan
As the first female science graduate of The University of Edinburgh, Jessie Chrystal MacMillan's remarkable career was distinguished by a series of pioneering achievements. - Enlightened Edinburgh
In 1908 she became the first female advocate to appear before the House of Lords, when she sought to make the case that female university graduates should be given the right to vote in elections for University seats in parliamentary elections. - Undiscovered Scotland
