Mary Stewart Kilgour
Born(1851-09-24)24 September 1851
Longford, Van Diemen's Land
Died3 March 1955(1955-03-03) (aged 103)[1]
Honiton, England[1]
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Educator, writer, suffragist

Mary Stewart Kilgour (24 September 1851 – 1955) was a suffragist, educationalist, writer and campaigner for women's rights.

Family

Kilgour was one of 13 children born to a Scottish physician, Dr John Stewart Kilgour (1815 – 1902), and Susan Anne (née Archer). Kilgour was born in Longford, Van Diemen’s Land (now Tasmania) in 1851. Her family returned to Britain in 1854,[2] living in Worcester, London, Exmouth and the Isle of Man before settling in Cheltenham in around 1860. Her older sister Agnes Archer Kilgour would become the first President of Leicester's Literary and Philosphical Society. She was born in Longford, Tasmania in 1848.[3][4]

Work

In 1882, Kilgour collaborated with Annie Leigh Browne, Browne's sister Mary (later Lady Lockyer) and Henrietta Müller to found College Hall, London.[5][6]

She was also involved with the Browne sisters in the running of the Women's Local Government Society, succeeding Annie as honorary treasurer from 1892 to 1900, after which Mary Browne (who married scientist Sir Norman Lockyer in 1903)[7] retained the post until 1918.[8] Active in Liberal Party circles, she helped found the Union of Practical Suffragists, co-authoring one of its pamphlets (c. 1899).

Writing

References

  1. ^ a b "Kilgour, Mary Stewart". Family of Ian & Cath Jeanneret. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  2. ^ Elaine, Kaye (2004). Kilgour, Mary Stewart (1851-1955), educationist and feminist. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. ISBN 9780198614128.
  3. ^ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2969579
  4. ^ "1913. Agnes Archer Evans (Mrs. William Evans) (nee Kilgour) 1913-14". Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  5. ^ Crawford, Elizabeth (2001). The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide, 1866-1928. Psychology Press. pp. 85–86. ISBN 9780415239264.
  6. ^ "College Hall". UCL Bloomsbury Project. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  7. ^ "Obituary Notices : Fellows:- Lockyer, Mary Thomasina". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 104: 91. 1944. Bibcode:1944MNRAS.104R..91.. doi:10.1093/mnras/104.2.91b.
  8. ^ Body-Gendrot, Sophie; Carres, Jacques (2016). A City of One's Own: Blurring the Boundaries Between Private and Public. Routledge. ISBN 9781351962711.
  9. ^ "'The James Stansfeld Memorial Trust. Its Origin and Work' by Mary Stewart Kilgour". National Archives. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  10. ^ "Women's Printing Society". Open Library. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
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