Jessie C. Methven

Jessie C. Methven
Born1854
Died15 February 1917
OccupationHonorary Secretary
Years active1895-1913
Political partyIndependent Labour Party
MovementNational Society for Women's Suffrage, Women's Social and Political Union

Jessie Cunningham Methven (1854 – 15 February 1917) was a Scottish campaigner for women's suffrage. She was honorary secretary of the Edinburgh National Society for Women's Suffrage from the mid 1890s until 1906. In that role, She corresponded regularly with national and local newspapers across Scotland on the subject of women's suffrage. She subsequently joined the more militant Women's Social and Political Union and described herself as an "independent socialist".[1] Methven took part in suffragette protests and was arrested for breaking windows in London in 1911.[2] She wrote an article for The Suffragette newspaper, the weekly newspaper of the WSPU, entitled Women's Suffrage in the Past, A Record of Betrayal which reflected on the history of the women's suffrage movement in Britain.[3]

  1. ^ The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide 1866-1928. Crawford, Elizabeth (1999). Routledge.
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