Grace Paterson
Scottish suffragist, temperance activist and educationalist
Grace Paterson | |
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| Born | 1843 Glasgow |
| Died | 1925 Edinburgh |
| Known for | School board member, temperance activist, suffragist, and founder of the Glasgow School of Cookery |
| Parent(s) | Georgina Smith and William Paterson |
Grace Chalmers Paterson was a campaigner, suffragist, temperance activist and educationalist.
Early life
Paterson was born in Glasgow to Georgina Smith and William Paterson, a merchant.
Domestic education
She campaigned for the improvement of domestic education for working class girls. She was a friend and supporter of Janet Galloway and Christian Guthrie Wright, founder of the Edinburgh School of Cookery.[1]
She was one of the first women elected to a school board in Glasgow, in 1885.[1] She also founded the Glasgow school of cookery, alongside Margaret Black.[2] She was the "driving force" behind this institution.[3] She was involved in the temperance movement in Scotland.[1]
Women's Suffrage
She was a founder member of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Association for Women's Suffrage.[4] She joined the WSPU in 1907.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Davidson, Julie (2018). Paterson, Grace Chalmers in The New Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women. p. 348. ISBN 9781474436281.
- ^ "TheGlasgowStory: 1830s to 1914: Personalities". The Glasgow Story. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- ^ "Records of the Glasgow School of Cookery, teacher training school, Glasgow, Scotland". JISC Archives Hub. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- ^ King, Elspeth (1978). Papers on the Glasgow and West of Scotland Association for Women's Suffrage. Glasgow: People's Palace Museum. p. 11.
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- Actresses' Franchise League
- Edinburgh National Society for Women's Suffrage
- Glasgow and West of Scotland Association for Women's Suffrage
- Northern Men's Federation for Women's Suffrage
- Orcadian Women's Suffrage Society
- Shetland Women's Suffrage Society
- Stornoway Women's Suffrage Society
- United Suffragists
- Women's Freedom League
- Women's Social and Political Union
- Workers' Suffrage Federation
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commemoration
- Holloway Jingles
- Hunger Strike Medal
- The Suffrage Oak
- The Suffragette Handkerchief
- WSPU Holloway Prisoners Banner
- War Song Justice for Ever
- Scotland's Suffragette Trumps cards and Scotland's Suffrage History Education Packs, produced by Protests and Suffragettes
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