Christian Farquharson-Kennedy

Christian Elizabeth Farquharson-Kennedy (, 27 February 1870 – 16 July 1917) was a Scottish teacher, socialist and suffragist.

Biography Farquharson-Kennedy was born on 27 February 1870 in Spital, Old Aberdeen, Scotland.

Farquharson-Kennedy was a schoolteacher in Aberdeen who taught at Woodside School then at Kittybrewster School.

Farquharson-Kennedy was a socialist and member of the Social Democratic Federation (SDF) political party, before joining the British Socialist Party (BSP) and breakaway BSP group National Socialist Party (NSP). Farquharson-Kennedy was active in other political organisations including the Aberdeen branch of the Women's Freedom League (WFL), Working Women's Political Association, Associated Women's Friendly Society and Aberdeen Clarion Club.

In 1902, Farquharson-Kennedy married socialist politician Tom Kennedy in Marylebone, London.

Farquharson-Kennedy died on 16 July 1917 from tubercular peritonitis, shortly before women got the vote.

Legacy A memorial prize was established in Farquharson-Kennedy's honour from 1920.

In 2006, Aberdeen City Council erected a commemorative plaque in Farquharson-Kennedy's honour at Westburn Drive in Aberdeen where she once lived.