Flora Drummond

Flora McKinnon Drummond aka The General (née Gibson, later Simpson, 1878- 17 January 1949) was a British suffragette who was born in Manchester but raised on the Isle of Arran. Nicknamed The General for her habit of leading Women's Rights marches wearing a military style uniform 'with an officers cap and epaulettes' and riding on a large horse, Drummond was an organiser for the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) and was imprisoned nine tim... more

Date of birth:

  • 1878

Date of death:

  • Jan 17, 1949 (age 71 years)
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