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Helen Fraser (feminist)

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with the Glasgow Herald open before him with a banner headline in the centre page: “Glasgow Councillor’s daughter arrested”. He said, “did you know about this.” I replied, “I knew she was going to a meeting but I did not know anything else. He looked at me under his brows in the way we regarded as serious and I oozed out of the room. He came home in the evening quite reconciled to it, and when Anne came home after fourteen cold days in Holloway Prison he took her to a municipal reception saying to her, “Put on your prettiest dress and come with me.” She looked charming and he introduced her all round as “My prisoner daughter”.
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In 1918, when women gained the right to stand as parliamentary candidates, she turned her attention to the campaign to elect women as Members of Parliament. She spoke in Cardiff on behalf of the Joint Committee for Getting Women into Parliament. She did not contest the 1918 general election. She took
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During that early period, when suffragette tactics consisted of trying to reach the House of Commons, and in the first arrests when speaking in the lobby, my sister Anne was the first Scotswoman arrested. She had gone to London a day or two before. Called by my father to come downstairs, I found him
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to Scottish parents, James Fraser (1856 - 1908) and Christina Sutherland. She was one of ten children. Her father began work as a tailor's cutter, moving from Caithness to Edinburgh to Leeds, before finally settling in Glasgow when Helen was a child. There, he opened a wholesale clothing firm. She
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tended towards more direct action, and law-abiding suffragists preferred more legal, democratic means, they both took the opportunity of national and local elections to raise awareness of the cause of votes for women. They supported candidates who wanted to extend the franchise, and spoke against
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in Glasgow has a collection of material sent to them by Helen Fraser (by then known by her married name, Moyes). She sent the small collection of items, which includes some letters, newspaper cuttings, and copy of her autobiography, in 1978. Aware of the importance of preserving the story of
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Her family was progressive politically, believing that conditions for workers should be improved. As a middle class young woman in Glasgow, her life involved dances and balls, theatre, raising money for charity, playing tennis, and visiting poor families in the city.
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In 1907, Fraser organised the WSPU campaign, using press publicity handbills about the experiences of the demonstrators, which read: 'CRUSHED BY THE MOUNTED POLICE AGAINST THE RAILINGS OF THE ABBEY, AND TRAMPLED UNDER THEIR HORSES HOOFS'. Fraser had the help of
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Division of Glasgow for the 1922 general election. She was one of only three women candidates (all Liberals) to contest the general election in Scotland. Govan was a safe Labour seat and she was not expected to win. Fraser was a prominent member of the
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saw Fraser contrast the anomalies in men's votes being amended by Parliament whereas what she described as 'the greatest anomaly there was, was the injustice of excluding women from all rights of citizenship because they were women'
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Fraser was effective as a public speaker and had speaking engagements not just in Scotland, but all around the UK. In a one-year period (1908–09), her meetings collected a total of £56.19.10 for the NUWSS. She spoke at the
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During the First World War, she worked as a Commissioner for the National War Saving Committee, in the course of which she personally set up 109 local War Savings Committees in England and Wales. She was seconded to the
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While living in London, Fraser was in contact with an old friend named James Moyes who had emigrated to Australia. His wife had died, and he asked Fraser to marry him several times before she accepted. She emigrated to
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was a friend, and she knew that she could poll enough votes to cause him to lose the seat, so she refused and gave up the idea of a career in politics. In 1925, she left the Liberal Party, and joined the
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estimates) but said that at three of the speaker platforms 'there was much rowdyism' and said 'it seemed to me that the mass of people were simply curious - not opposed- simply indifferent.
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organisation. In 1922, she was the first woman to be adopted in Scotland as an official prospective parliamentary candidate when she was selected as National Liberal candidate for the
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at the 1923 general election. Though also a Labour seat, it was believed that her prospects here were a little better. However, abuse and calumny by the Labour Party candidate
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as a delegate of the NUWSS. Later in 1923, following re-union between Lloyd George and Asquith, she switched constituencies to stand as Liberal party candidate for the
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was 'cordial', and the reporter reported applause being accorded to her a number of times during her talk; the event on this occasion being organised by the
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Fraser was also becoming disillusioned with the violent militant tactics of the WSPU. She criticised the actions of one WSPU member who broke the windows of
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an active role in the affairs of a number of organisations; she was a member of the Executive Committee, of the NUWSS successor organisation the
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recorded 3 oral history interviews with Fraser, in January, August and September 1975, as part of the Suffrage Interviews project, titled
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that it was 'successful but not entirely satisfactory'. Fraser estimated half a million people attended (a number supported by
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joined Fraser in opening a suffrage campaign in the Christian Institute in Glasgow in the same year, and at a meeting in
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reported that she had given up her art work to become an organiser for them. She was also an honorary treasurer of the
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In 1928, 'The Tatler' published a cartoon headed 'A gathering of intelligentsia' featuring Helen, alongside Sir
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organised by the Cambridge Women's Suffrage Association, held during a course of University Extension Lectures.
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F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949
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Fraser then moved to London, earning money from freelance articles on women's issues. She was elected to
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speaking about suffragette activity and organised a large WSPU meeting in St. Andrew's Hall, Glasgow.
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Women and Citizenship in Britain and Ireland in the 20th Century: What Difference Did the Vote Make
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participation in the women's movement, she said she wanted Glasgow to "have something" of her.
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Oral evidence on the suffragette and suffragist movements: the Brian Harrison interviews.
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received a diary belonging to Fraser, which had been found in a recycling centre in
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Her efforts during the war and after had come to the attention of Prime Minister
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corresp and news cuttings rel to women's suffrage movement and Scottish politics
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Brasher, Stephen (12 April 2015). "The Returning Officer: Suffragettes VI".
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speak in Glasgow. She travelled to England to help the WSPU campaign at the
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Scottish suffragist, feminist, educationalist and Liberal Party politician
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Gender and Political Identities in Scotland, 1919–1939 By Annmarie Hughes
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Elizabeth L. Ewan; Sue Innes; Sian Reynolds; Rose Pipes (27 June 2007).
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to persuade women to work on the land. In 1917, at the suggestion of
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Fruits of Victory:The women's land army of America in the Great War
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International Alliance of Women for Suffrage and Equal Citizenship
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In 1923 she went to Paris, France to attend the conference of the
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burghs by-election in April 1908, as organising secretary for the
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May, Fred (14 November 1928). "A GATHERING OF INTELLIGENTSIA".
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Rise up, women! : the remarkable lives of the suffragettes
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Glasgow and West of Scotland Association for Women's Suffrage
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Glasgow and West of Scotland Association for Women's Suffrage
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Glasgow and West of Scotland Association for Women's Suffrage
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with whom she remained close friends throughout her life.
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The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide 1866–1928
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In 1915, she acted as temporary Honorary Secretary of the
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were just two of those who supported Fraser at the 1911
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Late in her life she wrote an autobiography, entitled
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Helen Fraser, Moyes, H (1971) A Woman in a Man’s World
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Rotten eggs were thrown at Helen after a meeting in
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Personal life and political activities in Australia
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She later became the President of 308:in the Government at a public meeting where 290:National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies 2605:Scotland's Suffrage History Education Packs 1615:. National Library Australia. p. 123. 1203:The Motherwell Times and General Advertiser 232:Fraser took a prominent role in the WSPU's 59:United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1672: 1658: 1608: 1458:"Moyes - Glasgow Libraries Online Library" 1148:"Dundee Evening Telegraph". 16 April 1908. 938: 890: 452:British Institute of International Affairs 31: 1124:Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women 1497: 1161:"The Aberdeen Women's Suffrage Campaign" 1037: 960:Crawford, Elizabeth (2 September 2003). 959: 1426: 921:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 768:, sitting as a member for seven years. 2622: 1510:. 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Liberal Party
Australia
Leeds, Yorkshire
Queen's Park Higher Grade School
Glasgow
Votes for Women
Women's Social and Political Union
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Women's Social and Political Union
Teresa Billington
1906 Huddersfield by-election
Flora Drummond
suffragettes
Mary Phillips
East Fife
1907 Aberdeen South by-election
Adela Pankhurst
Maggie Moffatt
Janie Allan
Theresa Billington-Greig
1907 Hexham by-election
Daily Mail
Rachel Barrett
Elsa Gye
Mary Gawthorpe
Dundee by-election
Montrose
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