Chrystal Macmillan
✓ Source-basedrisingBritish feminist and pacifist (1872-1937)
Jessie Chrystal Macmillan was a British suffragist, peace activist, barrister, feminist and the first female science graduate from the University of Edinburgh as well as that institution's first female honours graduate in mathematics. She was an activist for women's right to vote, and for other women's causes.
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Macmillan was photographed at The Hague in 1915 for an article published in The Survey.
International Congress of Women in 1915. left to right:1. Lucy Thoumaian - Armenia, 2. Leopoldine Kulka, 3. Laura Hughes - Canada, 4. Rosika Schwimmer - Hungary, 5. Anita Augspurg - Germany, 6. Jane Addams - U.S., 7. Eugenie Hamer, 8. Aletta Jacobs - Netherlands, 9. Chrystal Macmillan - UK, 10. Rosa Genoni - Italy, 11. Anna Kleman - Sweden, 12. Thora Daugaard - Denmark, 13. Louisa Keilhau - Norway
Memorial window dedicated to the parents of Jessie Chrystal Macmillan, Corstorphine Parish Church
The grave of Chrystal MacMillan, Corstorphine churchyard, EdinburghAcademics from United Kingdom 6
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Jessie Chrystal Macmillan was a British suffragist, peace activist, barrister, feminist and the first female science graduate from the University of Edinburgh as well as that institution's first female honours graduate in mathematics. She was an activist for women's right to vote, and for other women's causes. She was the second woman to plead a case before the House of Lords, and was one of the founders of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.
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