Miss Eunice Guthrie Murray
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Single
Born: 1877
Died: 1960
Place of birth: Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Education: St Leonard's School, St Andrews
Main Suffrage Society: WFL
Society Role: President (Scotland)
Arrest Record: Yes
Recorded Entries: 1
Other sources: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4769024
https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/page-1/6QEA2NGpqCxjCw?childAssetId=jwHMPSv9TC8L9Q
Elizabeth Crawford, The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide 1866?1928 (1999); L Leneman, A Guid Cause: The Women's Suffrage Movement in Scotland (1991)
Database linked sources: https://www.suffrageresources.org.uk/resource/3229/the-womens-freedom-league
Family information: Father a lawyer.
Additional Information: Eunice joined the Women's Freedom League (WFL) after attending its 'Green, White and Gold' Fair in 1909. She quickly became president of the Glasgow branch and, by 1913, she was president of the WFL in Scotland. Eunice published several articles on the debate about women's suffrage, including 'Prejudices Old and New'. She was arrested in 1913 for 'obstruction' when she was trying to address a meeting near to Downing Street.
Other Suffrage Activities: Eunice stood for election in 1918 as an independent candidate in Glasgow, Scotland. She was not elected but was the first woman to stand in a parliamentary election in Scotland. She published some books, including Scottish Women of Bygone Days(1930) and A Gallery of Scottish Women(1935).