About Sylvia Murray
Lived 1875 – 1955 (aged 79). Sylvia Murray was a writer.
Sylvia Winthrope Murray (19 August 1875 – 17 January 1955) was a suffragette, the sister of suffragette Eunice Guthrie Murray.
Life Murray was born in Cardross, one of four children of suffragist Frances and David Murray who was a solicitor. She studied for a BA at Girton College, spent some time as a missionary, and worked in her father's law firm. a member of the Women's Freedom League with her mother Frances and her sister Eunice, and a member of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies. based on a paper which she presented in 1932 to the Glasgow Bibliographical Society
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Who was Sylvia Murray?
Scottish suffragette from Cardross
When was Sylvia Murray born?
Sylvia Murray was born on 19 August 1875.
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Sylvia Murray died on 17 January 1955.
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Sylvia Murray was a writer.
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