Orcadian Women's Suffrage Society

The first meeting of the society was held in the house of James and Bina Cursiter on September 25, 1909.

[1] It was formed a month after a visit to Orkney by Chrystal Macmillan,[2] by the chair Mary Anne Baikie of Tankerness, who led the group to expand rapidly[3] and to bring together men and women, to debate the political developments and to host leaders from national groups.

[4] The organisation was affiliated to the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies.

They conveyed their message by addressing public meetings, distributing leaflets, and writing to the local press to promote the cause of women's suffrage.

[4] In 1912, Dr Elsie Inglis spoke at a meeting of the OWSS in her capacity as Honorary Secretary of the Scottish Federation of Women's Suffrage Societies.