Shetland Women's Suffrage Society

The Shetland Women's Suffrage Association was an organisation involved in campaigning for women’s suffrage, based in Shetland.

Suffrage Campaigning- National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS)1908-1918 (23070340306)

Formation

The association was formed in 1909.[1] Their first meeting was held in the home of Christina Jamieson on 23 October 1909.[2] There were 19 women and 1 man present, and the meeting was convened by Christina Jamieson[3]

Activities

The organisation was affiliated to the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies. As such, their activities mirrored those of many other suffragist groups. They conveyed their message by addressing public meetings, distributing leaflets, and writing to the local press to promote the cause of women's suffrage.[4]

In 1911, a banner, created by Stanley Cursiter, of the Orcadian Women's Suffrage Society, and Christina Jamieson was taken to London for the Suffrage Coronation Procession.[5]

During the First World War, the society provided assistance to injured soldiers. They prepared bandages, held first aid classes, and nursing classes.[6] The group also raised money, contributing to the Scottish Women's Hospitals by donating money for the "Lerwick Bed".[7]

Notable members

Christina Jamieson, secretary.[5]

Alice Lyall Leisk, Assistant Secretary and Treasurer (daughter of Harriet Leisk).[3]

Harriet Leisk, chair.[3]

Anna Stout, first president [3]

Further reading
  • King, Elspeth (1978) The Scottish Women’s Suffrage Movement. Glasgow. People’s Palace Museum
  • Leneman, Leah (1995) A Guid Cause: The Women’s Suffrage Movement in Scotland. Edinburgh. Mercat Press.
  • Leneman, Leah (2000) The Scottish Suffragettes. Edinburgh. National Museums of Scotland. 190166340x
  • Pedersen, Sarah (2017) The Scottish Suffragettes and the Press. London. Palgrave MacMillan. 9781137538338
  • Taylor, Marsali (2010) Women's Suffrage in Shetland. lulu.com. 9781446108543

See also

References
  1. Leneman, Leah (1991). A Guid Cause. Mercat Press. p. 262. ISBN 1873644485.
  2. "Fighting for the right". Shetland Times. 9 January 2009. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  3. Taylor, Marsali (2010). Women's suffrage in Shetland. [Great Britain?]: Lulu.com. ISBN 978-1-4461-0854-3. OCLC 751731903.
  4. Antrobus, Helen. "Fighting Across Borders". History Today. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  5. Elizabeth, Crawford (2006). The Women's Suffrage Movement in Britain and Ireland: A Regional Survey. p. 245.
  6. "The Emergency Helpers". Scotland's War. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  7. "History: Women at War". Shetland Times. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
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