Mabel Jones
NationalityBritish
Known forSuffragette and social reformer

Dr Mabel Jones was a British physician and a sympathizer to the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU).[1]

Medical career

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She worked in a practice with Dr Helen Boyle in Brighton before moving to Glasgow. The clinic was focused in treating women and it was mostly female led.?? [2]?

Frances Gordon's case

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Dr Jones evaluated the health state of suffragette Frances Gordon after she was released from Perth prison. A part of the report she produced was quoted in a letter to the Glasgow evening times:

"I saw her (Miss Gordon) at Midnight in July 3. Her appearance was appalling, like a famine victim: the skin brown, her face bones standing out, her eyes half shut, her voice a whisper, her hands quite cold, her pulse a thread."[3]

This quote led to questions in the House of Commons, giving voice to the feminist cause.

Queen Elizabeth Medal??

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Women of Brighton[4]

Controversy

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In the book Martyrs in our mydst, Leah Leneman openly questions the level of accuracy of Dr Jones report:

"Comparing the [prison] medical officer's daily reports with Frances Gordon's story as related by Mabel Jones, it is clear that the later did indeed contained a good deal of distortion, but a far greater distortion was the version of the events provided by the medical officer and Chairman of the Prison Commission to the Scottish Office"[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Atkinson, Diane (2018-02-08). Rise Up Women!: The Remarkable Lives of the Suffragettes. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781408844069.
  2. ^ "International Women's Day: Brighton's pioneering female doctors - The Keep". The Keep. 2015-03-09. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  3. ^ Pedersen, Sarah (2017-07-03). The Scottish Suffragettes and the Press. Springer. ISBN 9781137538345.
  4. ^ "Helen Boyle - mastersport.co.uk". www.womenofbrighton.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  5. ^ Leneman, Leah (1993). Martyrs in our mydst. Dundee, Perth and the forcible feeding of suffragettes. Dundee: The Abertay Historical Society. p. 30.