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Marion Wallace Dunlop was born in Inverness in December 1864. She was a writer and artist and Scottish Suffragist. She studied at the Slade School of Fine Art. She illustrated two books 'Faeries, Elves and Flower Babies,' and 'The Magic Fruit Garden.'
She was a painter of note who exhibited at the Royal Academy in the early 1900s. https://twitter.com/UkNatArchives/status/1065189353251631105?s=19
Original in thought, she applied this to her activism and was the first suffragette to go on hunger strike demanding she be seen as a political prisoner.
Creative, she used a stencilling device in order to graffiti pavements and buildings quickly.
She, along with Edith Downing, organised massive street processions. They directed fellow suffragists in making banners and tapestries. These were magnificent and stylish events. (Photo LSE Women's Library.)
Marion Wallace Dunlop was and is an inspiration to Scottish women. A tribute to her and her activism is being marked by Scottish Women in the form of The Suffragette ribbons. Women are placing the purples, whites and greens on display this month as a reminder.
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