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Women's suffrage in Scotland was a national movement that took hold particularly in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Notable Scottish suffragettes included Chrystal Macmillan, Ethel Moorhead, Flora and Louisa Stevenson, and Sarah Mair. Suffrage workers in Scotland campaigned under the motto 'ye mauna tramp on the Scottish thistle' and the movement was characterised by its focus on a distinct national identity despite a shared sense of gender unity with suffragettes in England.

Early Beginnings
A Scottish suffrage movement was established by 1866. The Edinburgh Society for Women's Suffrage was one of the original five societies to sponsor John Stuart Mill's suffrage petition in that year, and support grew over the following decade. Between 1867 and 1872, Scottish suffragettes secured approximately 2 million signatures on suffrage petitions despite the country's comparatively small population.