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Mary Bury was an English suffragist who was an active organiser for the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) in northern England and Scotland in the campaign for women’s suffrage in the early 20th century.
In the first half of 1911 Bury became secretary of the Newcastle Suffrage Society and by December of 1912 had become an organiser for the NUWSS Northeast Federation of Suffrage Society.
Bury lectured widely, giving up her holidays to go on caravan tours in northern England, in August 1911 cycling from Nottingham to Burton to join a caravan tour. During the first half of 1913 she was active in helping set up suffrage societies in the northeast of England.
According to Lady Frances Balfour, Dr Elsie Inglis sent Bury to work in the Scottish Highlands. Between May 1913 and the outbreak of WWI she energetically supported and revitalised suffrage societies in the Highlands. In 1913 she spent several weeks in Dingwall and Tain, giving talks to NUWSS suffrage societies there. She then moved further north, speaking at Golspie, Brora, where she had to cope with rowdy interruptions, and Helmsdale. As a result of her work, branches of the NUWSS were established in Dornoch, Golspie, Brora and Helmsdale.
This work was also in preparation for Lady Frances Balfour’s tour to the Highlands in September 1913. Bury accompanied Lady Frances along with Mrs Hunter and Mrs Fraser of the Inverness Society. When Lady Frances turned south at Helmsdale, the three suffragists continued further north, up to Thurso, Watten and Wick. The tour was widely reported in papers. They spoke not only to established societies, but also to some fisherfolk at Embo. Bury was responsible for sending reports to local newspapers, and wrote letters to the editor to clarify issues.
In October and November Bury travelled north again, to Orkney and then Caithness, supporting local societies in Wick and Thurso, as well as outreach in other places such as Lybster.
In many places she spoke on the suffrage situation and issues, particular the sweated industry, but she also organised more social events for local societies, such as a tableaux where local members represented famous women in Dornoch in November 1913 and Brora in February 1914.
In 1914 up to the outbreak of the war she continued her work in Easter Ross, southeast Sutherland and Caithness. She successfully canvassed the Dingwall Society to send a representative to the NUWSS demonstration in London in February though unsuccessfully for Clyne Parish council. Due to her efforts and support the societies in these areas were flourishing in 1914.
Mary Bury
Mary Bury was an English suffragist who was an active organiser for the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) in northern England and Scotland in the campaign for women’s suffrage in the early 20th century.
In the first half of 1911 Bury became secretary of the Newcastle Suffrage Society and by December of 1912 had become an organiser for the NUWSS Northeast Federation of Suffrage Society.
Bury lectured widely, giving up her holidays to go on caravan tours in northern England, in August 1911 cycling from Nottingham to Burton to join a caravan tour. During the first half of 1913 she was active in helping set up suffrage societies in the northeast of England.
According to Lady Frances Balfour, Dr Elsie Inglis sent Bury to work in the Scottish Highlands. Between May 1913 and the outbreak of WWI she energetically supported and revitalised suffrage societies in the Highlands. In 1913 she spent several weeks in Dingwall and Tain, giving talks to NUWSS suffrage societies there. She then moved further north, speaking at Golspie, Brora, where she had to cope with rowdy interruptions, and Helmsdale. As a result of her work, branches of the NUWSS were established in Dornoch, Golspie, Brora and Helmsdale.
This work was also in preparation for Lady Frances Balfour’s tour to the Highlands in September 1913. Bury accompanied Lady Frances along with Mrs Hunter and Mrs Fraser of the Inverness Society. When Lady Frances turned south at Helmsdale, the three suffragists continued further north, up to Thurso, Watten and Wick. The tour was widely reported in papers. They spoke not only to established societies, but also to some fisherfolk at Embo. Bury was responsible for sending reports to local newspapers, and wrote letters to the editor to clarify issues.
In October and November Bury travelled north again, to Orkney and then Caithness, supporting local societies in Wick and Thurso, as well as outreach in other places such as Lybster.
In many places she spoke on the suffrage situation and issues, particular the sweated industry, but she also organised more social events for local societies, such as a tableaux where local members represented famous women in Dornoch in November 1913 and Brora in February 1914.
In 1914 up to the outbreak of the war she continued her work in Easter Ross, southeast Sutherland and Caithness. She successfully canvassed the Dingwall Society to send a representative to the NUWSS demonstration in London in February though unsuccessfully for Clyne Parish council. Due to her efforts and support the societies in these areas were flourishing in 1914.