Mary Molony

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Dorothy Moloney
Born(1878-09-29)29 September 1878
Died1 December 1921(1921-12-01) (aged 43)
NationalityIrish
Known forSuffragette activism

Horatia Dorothy Moloney Lancaster (29 September 1878[1] – 1 December 1921[2])(variously known as Dorothy, Mary, Dolly, Miss Maloney and Miss Molony, Moloney and O'Connor) was an Irish suffragette campaigner and member of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU). She became Organiser to the London Council of the Women's Freedom League in 1908, following its split from the WSPU.[3] She famously disrupted the 1908 Dundee by-election by ringing a bell every time Winston Churchill attempted to address a crowd demanding that he apologize for insulting remarks he had made about the women's suffrage movement.[4]

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  2. ^ "In Memoriam". The Vote. 9 December 1921.
  3. ^ "London Council". Women's Franchise. 11 (7): 78. 13 August 1908 – via LSE Digital Library.
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