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Mary Elizabeth Phillips
Mary Elizabeth Phillips (15 July 1880 - 21 June 1969) was a suffragette, feminist and socialist.

Early Life
Mary Elizabeth Phillips was born in Hampshire, the daughter of William Fleming Phillips and Louisa Elizabeth (Simms) Phillips.

Suffrage Movement
Mary Elizabeth Phillips joined the Women's Social & Political Union in 1907 and established a Glasgow branch of the WSPU. In March 1908 she was sentenced to six weeks in Holloway Prison following a demonstration outside the House of Commons. A further arrest in June 1908 resulted in a 3 month sentence making her the longest serving suffragette prisoner.