The Scottish suffragettes and the press.

Pedersen, Sarah

Abstract

This chapter focuses on the coverage of the suffragettes in Scottish newspapers. While Scottish readers were similar to everyone else in Britain in their interest in the more shocking elements of suffragette militancy, it was only with the establishment of WSPU branches in Scotland and the arrival of organisers such as Teresa Billington in the country that detailed reports of WSPU demands and arguments began to appear in the Scottish press. Not surprisingly, Scottish readers were much more interested in Scottish suffragettes and, even better, events that occurred in Scotland rather than England. For this reason, the presentation of the suffragette campaign in the Scottish press differed from that of England, with different framing, leaders and foci of interest. It is therefore important, when discussing the suffrage campaign, to acknowledge that newspaper readers in different parts of the UK were presented with varying information and opinion about the suffragettes depending on where they lived and what they read.

Citation

PEDERSEN, S. 2021. The Scottish suffragettes and the press. In Wiley, C. and Rose, L.E. (eds.) Women's suffrage in word, image, music, stage and screen: the making of a movement. Abingdon: Routledge, pages 67-81. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429344534-6

• Online Publication Date: Apr 29, 2021
• Publication Date: Jul 14, 2021
• Deposit Date: Sep 11, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 30, 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Pages: 67-81
• Series Title: Interdisciplinary research in gender
• Book Title: Women’s suffrage in word, image, music, stage and screen: the making of a movement
• Chapter Number: Chapter 5
• ISBN: 9780367361983; 9781032024929
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429344534-6
• Keywords: Scottish newspapers; Suffrage; Women; Coverage; Militancy; WSPU
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/966800
• Contract Date: Sep 9, 2020