Marion Mackenzie
Marion Mackenzie | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1873 Normanton, West Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 1951 Leeds, West Yorkshire, England |
| Occupation | medical doctor |
| Organization | Women's Social and Political Union |
Marion Ellen Mackenzie (c.1873–1951) was a British medical doctor and suffragette based in Scarborough, North Yorkshire.[1]
Life
[edit]Mackenzie was born in 1873 in Normanton, West Riding of Yorkshire.[1]
She worked as a medical doctor and contributed to publications such as The British Medical Journal.[2] She also gave talks to The Parents National Education Union, such as on the topic of "Health in the Home" in 1907.[3]
Mackenzie was a suffragette and worked closely with Adela Pankhurst to build a local Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) branch in Scarborough.[4] She served as branch treasurer and later as secretary.[5] She also gave speeches at the WSPU branch in York, organised by Annie Coultate.[6]
She was arrested on 18 November 1910 as part of a WSPU deputation to deputation to Westminster.[1][7] She also participated in the suffragette boycott of the 1911 census.[8][page needed]
In her later life she lived in Leeds and worked at a local hospital. She died in 1951.[9]
Legacy
[edit]A plaque commemorating the former WSPU office was erected by the Scarborough and District Civic Society at 33 St Nicholas Cliff, Scarborough, on International Women's Day in 2024.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Dr Marion Ellen MacKenzie". Women's Suffrage Resources. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
- ^ The British Medical Journal (2). The British Medical Association. 1922.
- ^ The Parents National Education Union Sixteenth Annual Report May 1907. 1907. p. 35.
- ^ Cowman, Krista (2007). The Militant Suffragette Movement in York. Borthwick Publications. p. 10. ISBN 978-1-904497-21-9.
- ^ Crawford, Elizabeth (15 April 2013). The Women's Suffrage Movement in Britain and Ireland: A Regional Survey. Routledge. p. 56. ISBN 978-1-136-01054-5.
- ^ Waters, Michael (4 June 2018). "The Campaign for Women's Suffrage in York and the 1911 Census Evasion". Yorkshire Archaeological Journal. 90 (1): 178–194. doi:10.1080/00844276.2018.1465692. ISSN 0084-4276.
- ^ "The Women's Suffrage Movement in Scarborough". Scarborough Maritime Heritage. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
- ^ Liddington, Jill (1 January 2014). Vanishing for the vote: Suffrage, citizenship and the battle for the census. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-1-84779-888-6.
- ^ University of Edinburgh Journal. 1951. p. 256.
- ^ Argent, Patrick (15 March 2024). "Civic Society plaque to women's suffrage movement unveiled in Scarborough". The Scarborough News. Retrieved 9 January 2025.