Alice Low (suffragist)
Alice Low, OBE (1877–1954) was a British suffragist, who spoke up for peaceful means of achieving women's rights to vote, and fairer laws, including reducing sweated labour. She was a leader in Edinburgh and Berwickshire National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) and a touring speaker (with Dr Elsie Inglis and Chrystal MacMillan, Millicent Fawcett and others) in the early twentieth century. She was also a lead member of Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps. (QMAAC) in World War One (and continued its fellowship) and an amateur actress taking lead roles with the British Empire Shakespeare Society.
Alice Low OBE | |
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| Born | 1877 Whitsome, Berwickshire |
| Died | 1954 (aged 76–77) |
| Organization | NUWSS QMAAC |
| Known for | Suffragist, Senior Controller Queen Alexandra's Women's Army Corps, Public Speaker |
| Movement | women's rights |
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