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Mabel Jones | |
|---|---|
| Nationality (legal) | British |
| Known for | Suffragette and social reformer |
Dr Mabel Jones was a British physician and a sympathizer to the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU).[1]
Medical career[edit]
She worked in a practice with Dr Helen Boyle in Brighton before moving to Glasgow. The clinic was focused in treating women and it was mostly female led.?? [2]?
Frances Gordon's case[edit]
Dr Jones evaluated the health state of suffragette Frances Gordon after she was released from Perth prison. A part of the report she produced was quoted in a letter to the Glasgow evening times:
"I saw her (Miss Gordon) at Midnight in July 3. Her appearance was appalling, like a famine victim: the skin brown, her face bones standing out, her eyes half shut, her voice a whisper, her hands quite cold, her pulse a thread."[3]
This quote led to questions in the House of Commons, giving voice to the feminist cause.
Queen Elizabeth Medal??[edit]
Women of Brighton[4]
Controversy[edit]
In the book Martyrs in our mydst, Leah Leneman openly questions the level of accuracy of Dr Jones report:
"Comparing the [prison] medical officer's daily reports with Frances Gordon's story as related by Mabel Jones, it is clear that the later did indeed contained a good deal of distortion, but a far greater distortion was the version of the events provided by the medical officer and Chairman of the Prison Commission to the Scottish Office"[5]
See also[edit]
External links[edit]
- Read Mary Blathwayt's diaries at the National Archives.
- View a picture of Mary Blathwayt, Emily Blathwayt and Annie Kenney at Pankhurst Pond in 1910.
References[edit]
- ^ Atkinson, Diane (2018-02-08). Rise Up Women!: The Remarkable Lives of the Suffragettes. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781408844069.
- ^ "International Women's Day: Brighton's pioneering female doctors - The Keep". The Keep. 2015-03-09. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
- ^ Pedersen, Sarah (2017-07-03). The Scottish Suffragettes and the Press. Springer. ISBN 9781137538345.
- ^ "Helen Boyle - mastersport.co.uk". www.womenofbrighton.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
- ^ Leneman, Leah (1993). Martyrs in our mydst. Dundee, Perth and the forcible feeding of suffragettes. Dundee: The Abertay Historical Society. p. 30.