Sylvia Murray

Sylvia Winthrope Murray (19 August 1875 – 17 January 1955)[1] was a suffragette, the sister of suffragette Eunice Guthrie Murray.[2]

Life

Murray was born in Cardross, one of four children of suffragist Frances and David Murray who was a solicitor. She studied for a BA at Girton College,[3] spent some time as a missionary, and worked in her father's law firm.[2]

She was a friend of Chrystal MacMillan with whom she corresponded,[4] a member of the Women's Freedom League with her mother Frances and her sister Eunice,[5] and a member of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies.[2]

She was the author of the 1933 book David Murray: A Bibliographical Memoir (published by Bennett & Thomson),[6] based on a paper which she presented in 1932 to the Glasgow Bibliographical Society[1] about her father's library, which was donated after his death to the University of Glasgow.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "The Murray Family Memorial (C) Lairich Rig". www.geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  2. ^ a b c The biographical dictionary of Scottish women : from the earliest times to 2004. Ewan, Elizabeth., Innes, Sue., Reynolds, Sian. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. 2006. p. 278. ISBN 9780748626601. OCLC 367680960.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. ^ Singular continuities : tradition, nostalgia, and identity in modern British culture. Behlmer, George K., Leventhal, F. M., 1938–. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press. 2000. p. 76. ISBN 0804734895. OCLC 43864432.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. ^ Archives, The National. "The Discovery Service". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  5. ^ Administrator. "From suffragette to councillor". www.helensburgh-heritage.co.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  6. ^ Murray, Sylvia W. (1933). David Murray: A Bibliographical Memoir. Bennett & Thomson.
  7. ^ "University of Glasgow – MyGlasgow – Special collections – Collections A-Z – Murray Collection". www.gla.ac.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2018.