Death of a noted Feminist

Mrs James Taylor's Work for Women

Suffrage to Ministry

By a "Bulletin" Woman

By the sudden death at Bridge of Weir of Mrs James Taylor, of 21 Hamilton Park Avenue, Glasgow, public-spirited Scotswomen have lost a leader who, for many years, gave unsparingly of her enthusiasm and time in forwarding women's affairs.

Mrs Taylor's entrance into public life was through the Glasgow Suffrage Society, and, even when suffrage for women was no longer a debatable point, she maintained that in other directions women required yet more freedom.

During the war she served on the Committee of the Scottish Women's Hospitals, and helped with soldiers' clubs. In the districts of Govan and Fairfield she was an active worker for Infant and Health Visitors' Association.

A woman with the courage of her convictions, Mrs Taylor strongly advocated medical instruction in birth-control, and was largely responsible for the establishment of a clinic in Govan.

In the various feminist societies which now exist Mrs Taylor was a familiar figure, and her knowledge of Parliamentary procedure and legislation, especially affecting women, was invariably reliable.

She held office as vice-president of the Glasgow Society for Equal Citizenship and the Glasgow Women Citizens' Association (Amalgamated); for three years she was chairman of the society and a member of the Executive Committee of the National Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship, London

Cause of Peace

Other committees with which Mrs Taylor was identified were the Committee of Govan Employment Exchange, the Scottish Committee on Women's Training and Employment, and the Glasgow Women's Welfare and Advisory Clinic.

A daughter of the manse - her father was the late Rev. John Fraser, Rosskeen - Mrs Taylor was warmly sympathetic with the admission of women to the full ministry of the Church. She was an eloquent speaker for the cause of peace and the reduction of armaments, and was associated with the disamarment petition by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.