june september scottish liberal politician feminist female science graduate institution female honours graduate mathematics activist women right vote women causes woman case house_of_lords founders year world war spoke peace seeking women united_kingdom peace congress convened afterward met world leaders president countries neutral present proposals formulated wilson subsequently proposals fourteen points justification making war forge lasting peace war end served delegate paris peace conference helped encourage founding tried succeed getting league establish women independent husbands early career born june edinburgh tea merchant wife couple daughter sons early education edinburgh boarded school girls east coast scotland returned october female students graduate advanced studies entered graduate students earned master degrees finished undergraduate work studied science subjects including honours mathematics astronomy earned degree april woman edinburgh summer went berlin university study returned edinburgh passed examination greek language enter october studied number social subjects including politics graduated april woman earn class honours edinburgh earning second class honours moral philosophy logic time member forum helped gain confidence arguing face opposition joined edinburgh mathematical society second woman member women rights active women groups great_britain united served executive committee members edinburgh known use mother birth graduates women members denied opportunity vote february determine member parliament represent university seat argued wording voting statutes word persons female graduates persons march wrote ask aid author pamphlet women told formed beliefs pamphlet recommended contact additional useful arguments brought case lost lost subsequent appeal scottish banded raise required present case house_of_lords hoped raise awareness great_britain injustice denying vote educated women november appeared london argue university graduate right vote seats speech buildings parliament suspend temporary arrangements place prevent women entering arrangements instituted militant suffrage woman argue case bar house_of_lords backed contemporary female graduates edinburgh given audience late day spoke quarters hour press reports appearance described modern scotland glasgow herald reported began warmed subject argued law admirable speaking voice days later continued case time complete self possession wearing dark red outfit hat trimmed like britain united_states based case words person persons voting statutes arguing words basis exclusion entire sex voting court upheld lower courts decisions word persons include women referring privileges granted state lost case new_york_times reported responded decision words live fight day wellington new_zealand wrote account noting cheerful defeat court said reporter don suppose shall live fight day matter exact words time house_of_lords attracted worldwide publicity proved valuable women cause attended sixth congress stockholm embarked long term project cooperation president woman suffrage president document women voting conditions world years correspondence widely separated women rights activists gather global information women completed practice book added foreword published conjunction book described current women voting practices countries authors dividing work country responsible writing new_zealand australia india china south_africa smaller countries noticed countries women excluded specifically statute instead kept voting custom wrote personal experience outside observation women activists soon alive fact tested legality exclusion law courts attended seventh congress began serve vice president position hold years authored page booklet entitled facts versus woman suffrage published peace activism world war began looked peace activism instead found majority british women favour helping men win war passive soon hostilities broke travelled netherlands mission mercy late october providing food refugees fall antwerp signed open christmas letter peace seeking exchange women nations late world women forced adjust realities war guns august native austria hungary working england prevented war returning home outlined idea international conference nations september wrote america deep personal regret terrible war women germany forced war withdraw invitation host annual congress held months later berlin december professor published views working peace pamphlet entitled continuous armistice popularly known taking messages inspiration proposed holding woman suffrage convention berlin international peace congress women meet days beginning april announcement reached divided hand patriots devoted war work christmas letter wished send peace delegates majority peace minded rejected resolution favored supported delegation women women resigned plans attend women total executive resign away performing relief work near prepared join members group crossed english channel april large congress women north_america europe gathered discuss peace proposals event called strong contingent british women greatly reduced winston_churchill cancellation british ferry service channel british activists antwerp easily attended women conference speak british women present selected member international committee travel neutral nations champion proposal congress unanimously adopted method returning peace world committee travelled neutral present president women peace proposals wilson fourteen points women efforts helped encourage later founding war went delegate congress strongly condemned harsh surrender terms planned germany treaty versailles signed month carried congress condemnation ongoing paris peace conference changes treaty lawyer early british women attained age given right vote hold office following passing sex disqualification removal act enabled women members legal profession applied pupil called bar january joined second women elected acted counsel defence cases appeared circuit took cases courts appeared cases prosecution defence court books records available civil cases studying bar founded repeal legal restraints women worked lift restrictions women stations equal opportunity workplace organised disagreed group stance protective legislation women workers founded global group served president group death politician general election unsuccessfully stood election liberal candidate came votes period worked stem traffic females sexual slaves end worked feminist writer hamilton wrote right kind lawyer held law synonymous justice chief aim life passion woman class nation essential protection justice great human inch matters principle lost temper bore defeat women spoke practice assigning woman national citizenship depending married vocal position known saw issue new light war women married foreigners declaration war faced suddenly status enemy nationals land birth legal basis number british women enjoying citizenship enemy territories favour women retaining existing citizenship marriage end wrote piece entitled married women published twice july updated statistics june new laws passed woman citizenship remained tied husband subject came conference international law held strong contingent women america joined international women groups change existing laws women unable agree wording intense lobbying women massive parade demonstration failed influence international law continued hold woman followed husband response organised early year influential international women groups sought broad base support working women stated goal delay ratification certain woman change consent couple children influenced father new committee successful lobbying address problem league constituted study group group split factions wanted married couple exactly based husband like favoured independent citizenship possibility wives having different citizenship husbands children allowed dual citizenship women group pushed aside decided favour women group disbanded convention ratified death health failing june leg heart weak september died heart disease home bed edinburgh september body cremated specified legacy united_nations established independent married person ruling worked success lifetime building named north west corner houses majority award given discretion scholarships prizes committee london professional group attorneys prize founded annual grant benefit female law students scoring highest bar final examination support societies associated plaque placed science campus plaque notes founder woman science graduate university honour achieved
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