Janet Barrowman | |
|---|---|
 Helen Crawfurd, Janet Barrowman, Margaret McPhun, Mrs A.A. Wilson, Frances McPhun, Nancy A. John and Annie Swan | |
| Born | 1879 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Died | 1955 (aged 75–76) Glasgow, Scotland |
| Known for | Scottish suffragette |
Janet Barrowman was a Scottish suffragette. [1]
Barrowman was born in Glasgow. Her father was a lime merchant. She was a member of the Women's Social and Political Union. [2]
In 1912, she participated in militant activity during the campaign for women's suffrage alongside Helen Crawfurd, Annie Swan and others, breaking a window valued at 4 shillings. She was arrested and sentenced to two months hard labour in Holloway. [3] Barrowman smuggled poetry out of Holloway and these were published by the Glasgow branch of the WSPU as "Holloway Jingles" in 1912. [4] She lost her job as a clerk as a result of her arrest, and did not take part in any more militant acts. She gained another job, as a shipping clerk was, in which she worked until she retired. [2]
Barrowman's copy of the poetry book, published by the Glasgow branch of the Women's Social and Political Union, was gifted in 1947 to Dr Charity Taylor, the governor of HM Prison Holloway, and it was auctioned by Pickering and Chatto in 2018. [5]
She donated her collection of memorabilia to Glasgow Museums in 1955. [6] [7]
Photograph with Helen Crawfurd in The National. [8]
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