17 Facts About Eunice Murray

Eunice Guthrie Murray MBE was a Scottish suffrage campaigner, author and historian.

Eunice Murray was a leading figure in the Women's Freedom League in Scotland.

Eunice Murray was born in Cardross to American born abolitionist parents David Eunice Murray and Frances Porter Stoddard.

Eunice Murray's father was a leading lawyer and both her parents were supporters of the women's movement.

Eunice Murray undertook voluntary work, including with the League of Pity, the temperance movement and the settlement movement.

Eunice Murray was a member of the Arbitration and Peace Society during the time of the South African War.

Eunice Murray became its leading figure in Glasgow, and was president of its Scottish Council in 1913.

Eunice Murray was reportedly a strong public speaker, and wrote numerous pamphlets in support of the vote for the Women's Freedom League.

Eunice Murray opposed the undemocratic nature of the Women's Social and Political Union and so did not become involved with it.

Eunice Murray did not blame the suffragettes for being militant as she decided that the government was the instigator of their behaviour.

The organisation set up a Women's Suffrage National Aid Corps to help women in financial difficulties due to the war, and Eunice Murray was on the executive committee.

Eunice Murray continued to be involved with the Women's Freedom League into the 1930s.

Eunice Murray stood in Glasgow Bridgeton as an independent candidate at the 1918 general election, the only woman to stand in Scotland at the election, although she did not come close to winning the seat.

Eunice Murray became interested in folklore and wrote Scottish Homespun which was illustrated with pictures of dolls dressed in the outfits she was discussing.

Eunice Murray campaigned for the creation of a Scottish folk museum.

Eunice Murray donated money to the National Trust for Scotland and served on its committee after 1931.

Eunice Murray never married and died in her family home in Cardross.