Jessie Craigen | |
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| Born | Jessie Hannah Craigen c. 1835 |
| Died | 5 October 1899 (aged 63–64) |
| Monuments | Statue of Millicent Fawcett |
| Occupation(s) | Activist and public speaker |
| Years active | 1850s-1890s |
| Political party | Women's Liberal Association |
Jessie Hannah Craigen (c. 1835 – 5 October 1899), was a British working-class suffrage speaker in a movement which was predominantly made up of middle and upper-class activists. She was also a freelance (or 'paid agent') speaker in the campaigns for Irish Home Rule and the cooperative movement and against vivisection, compulsory vaccination, and the Contagious Diseases Acts.[1]