Muriel Eleanor Scott was born in 1888 in Dum Dum, India, but her family home was Dunoon, Scotland.
16 Facts About Muriel Scott
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Muriel Scott had seven siblings, two of whom died in infancy: Isabella Harriet Scott *died at birth, Isabella Harriet Scott, Alice Margaret Scott, Arabella Charlotte Scott, Agnes Buchanan Scott *died at 8months, William Buchanan Scott, Agnes Mary Scott*.
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Scott and her sister Arabella Scott both studied at University of Edinburgh in 1908.
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Muriel Scott returned to the University to study Russian in 1916.
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Muriel Scott spoke against the Liberal Prime Minister Asquith when he was the sitting candidate in an election at East Fife.
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Muriel Scott was arrested in London in June 1909 with her sister Arabella, both were charged with obstruction, after attempting to give a petition to Prime Minister Asquith.
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Muriel Scott was sentenced to 21 days hard labour in Holloway Prison.
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Muriel Scott went on hunger strike but was released, and stayed with an aunt in Kent, prior to returning at her mother's request, home to Edinburgh.
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Muriel Scott helped to organise the October 1909 Edinburgh suffrage procession, which attracted huge crowds, ten deep along Princes Street, with the march being described as 'a solid phalanx of resolute and unflinching womanhood bent upon obtaining the vote'.
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In 1911, Muriel Scott was thanked for giving up her school holiday to speak to a crowd of 600 at a Kilmarnock Burghs by-election event.
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In 1912, Muriel Scott addressed a large open air meeting in Dunfermline.
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Later Arabella Muriel Scott was arrested for setting fire to the Kelso Racecourse stand.
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Arabella Muriel Scott was arrested, released and re-captured a number of times, under the 'Cat and Mouse' Act, where starving and force-fed prisoners were allowed out to recuperate but expected to return to complete their full sentences.
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In June 1914, Muriel Scott wrote to the prison authorities asking where they held Arabella.
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Muriel Scott's sister was released later, but Muriel Scott told reporters that the protests on the streets would continue every night and that the WSPU were looking for premises in the town.
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Muriel Scott returned to university to study Russian in 1916.