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“I am Flora Drummond and I was a Suffragette raised on the Isle of Arran. I was an excellent organiser and, despite only being 5ft 1, I was known as The General, due to the uniform I wore and the horse I rode at the head of Suffragette parades. I taught Suffragettes in prison morse code and my name is on the plinth of the statue of Millicent Fawcett in Parliament Square.”
Researched and read by Linsey Rogers
Animation by Isobel Wilson, Edinburgh College of Art
Lin Zongsu was a Chinese suffragist and writer who founded the first women’s suffrage organisation in China.
Concepción Felix de Calderon was born in the Philippines in 1884 and founded the Feminist Association of the Philippines in 1905.
Qiu Jin was a Chinese revolutionary feminist and poet who was known as China’s Joan of Arc.
Sunday, 22nd December
The Library will be closed over Christmas and Hogmanay, and will re-open in the New Year on Tuesday, 7th January.
Wednesday, 15th January, 2025, 12:30pm
If you are new to speaking English or fancy a cuppa and a chat, this event is perfect for you!
Friday, 17th January, 2025, 10:30am
Join us this Autumn for a range of GWL’s bitesize feminist crafting sessions, including clay work, basket weaving, quilling, and much more.
