Elizabeth Thomson

Elizabeth Thomson (14 September 1847 – 1918) was a Scottish suffragette and a member of the Edinburgh branch of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU). She was arrested for her involvement in WSPU protests in Scotland and London alongside her sister, Agnes. The sisters were involved in the first arson attempt in Scotland as part of the WSPU arson campaign in 1913. Elizabeth was awarded a Hunger Strike Medal 'for valour' by the WSPU. Early life Elizabeth Thomson was born on 14 September 1847 in Glasgow to Margaret Agnes Thomson and Robert Dundas Thomson, M.D, a physician. At age 11, in 1848, Thomson began attending the independent day school Queen's College, London. In 1866, Thomson briefly lived in Geneva, Switzerland – returning two years later to England to live in Richmond.