Person Open DS/UK/5784 Munro; Anna Gillies Macdonald (1881-1962); Scottish suffragette, campaigner Munro Anna Gillies Macdonald 1881-1962 Scottish suffragette, campaigner Female

She joined the Women's Social and Political Union and founded a branch in Dunfermline in 1906. She was briefly imprisoned in 1908 for her protesting, and participated in the protests around the 1911 Census, which the suffragettes boycotted. She married Sidney Ashman in 1913, and though she legally took the surname Munro-Ashman she was still known as Anna Munro in her work, and she continued to be active working for women's rights throughout her life. She was also a socialist and temperance campaigner. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHhbryony 5/10/2013 Rachael.Fragola 3/1/2022 944fa4c8-975d-44ce-8100-d1f091dcfec4