Scottish suffragist and women's movement campaigner
Jane E. Taylour
Jane Taylour, 1871
Born
1827 (1827)
Stranraer, Scotland
Died
1905 (aged 77–78)
Saffron Walden, England
Nationality
Scottish
Known for
Campaigner for women's suffrage
Jane E. Taylour (born c.1827 - died 1905[1]) was a Scottish suffragist and women's movement campaigner, and one of the first women to give lectures in public.[2][3] She travelled around Scotland and northern England as a suffrage lecturer,[4] and was a key figure in spreading the message of the women's suffrage throughout Scotland and inspiring others to join the National Society for Women's Suffrage.[5][6]
^Pipes, Rose. The Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women. Edinburgh University Press.
^Leneman, Leah (1991). A Guid Cause: The Women's Suffrage Movement in Scotland. Aberdeen University press. p. 19. ISBN0080412017.
^Breitenbach, Esther (2013). Scottish Women. Edinburgh University Press. p. 265. ISBN978-0748683413.
^Elizabeth., Crawford (2006). The women's suffrage movement in Britain and Ireland : a regional survey. London: Routledge. ISBN0415383323. OCLC59149398.
^Crawford, Elizabeth (2003). The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide, 1866-1928. Routledge. p. 683. ISBN1135434018.
^Broomfield, Andrea (1994). "Review of 'A Guid Cause': The Women's Suffrage Movement in Scotland". Victorian Periodicals Review. 27 (1): 63–68. JSTOR20082749.