Frances McPhun

Frances Mary McPhun (1880–1940) was a Scottish suffragette who served two months in Holloway prison, and had organised events and processions for women's suffrage in Edinburgh.

She studied at the University of Glasgow, graduating with an MA degree,[1] and winning prizes in Political Economy, Moral Philosophy and English Literature.

She and her sister Margaret McPhun joined the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU).

She and her sister were amongst dozens jailed for smashing government office windows in March, 1912.

[2] When they were released from Holloway Prison after two months they were given Hunger Strike Medals 'for Valour' by the WSPU to record their hunger strikes,[3] although the sisters had agreed that they would choose to drink from a cup to avoid being force fed through a nasal tube.

Helen Crawfurd , Janet Barrowman , Margaret McPhun , Mrs A.A. Wilson, Frances McPhun , Nancy A. John and Annie Swan
Group photograph of Suffragettes at Bazaar in Glasgow in 1910