Marion Mackenzie

Marion Mackenzie
Born	1873 Normanton, West Yorkshire, England
Died	1951 Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Occupation	medical doctor
Organization	Women's Social and Political Union

Marion Ellen Mackenzie (c.1873–1951) was a British medical doctor and suffragette based in Scarborough, North Yorkshire.[1]

Life

Mackenzie was born in 1873 in Normanton, West Riding of Yorkshire.[1]

She worked as a medical doctor and contributed to publications such as The British Medical Journal.[2] She also gave talks to The Parents National Education Union, such as on the topic of "Health in the Home" in 1907.[3]

Mackenzie was a suffragette and worked closely with Adela Pankhurst to build a local Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) branch in Scarborough.[4] She served as branch treasurer and later as secretary.[5] She also gave speeches at the WSPU branch in York, organised by Annie Coultate.[6]

She was arrested on 18 November 1910 as part of a WSPU deputation to deputation to Westminster.[1][7] She also participated in the suffragette boycott of the 1911 census.[8]^[page needed]

In her later life she lived in Leeds and worked at a local hospital. She died in 1951.[9]

Legacy

A plaque commemorating the former WSPU office was erected by the Scarborough and District Civic Society at 33 St Nicholas Cliff, Scarborough, on International Women's Day in 2024.[10]

References

1. "Dr Marion Ellen MacKenzie". Women's Suffrage Resources. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
2. The British Medical Journal (2). The British Medical Association. 1922.
3. The Parents National Education Union Sixteenth Annual Report May 1907. 1907. p. 35.
4. Cowman, Krista (2007). The Militant Suffragette Movement in York. Borthwick Publications. p. 10. ISBN 978-1-904497-21-9.
5. Crawford, Elizabeth (15 April 2013). The Women's Suffrage Movement in Britain and Ireland: A Regional Survey. Routledge. p. 56. ISBN 978-1-136-01054-5.
6. Waters, Michael (4 June 2018). "The Campaign for Women's Suffrage in York and the 1911 Census Evasion". Yorkshire Archaeological Journal. 90 (1): 178–194. doi:10.1080/00844276.2018.1465692. ISSN 0084-4276.
7. "The Women's Suffrage Movement in Scarborough". Scarborough Maritime Heritage. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
8. Liddington, Jill (1 January 2014). Vanishing for the vote: Suffrage, citizenship and the battle for the census. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-1-84779-888-6.
9. University of Edinburgh Journal. 1951. p. 256.
10. Argent, Patrick (15 March 2024). "Civic Society plaque to women's suffrage movement unveiled in Scarborough". The Scarborough News. Retrieved 9 January 2025.