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Mabel Jones
Nationality	British
Known for	Suffragette and social reformer

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

Medical career

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.?? ?

Frances Gordon's case

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."

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

Queen Elizabeth Medal??

Women of Brighton

Controversy

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"

See also

• Women's Social and Political Union.
• Suffragette
• Women's suffrage in the United Kingdom

External links

• Read Mary Blathwayt's diaries at the National Archives.
• View a picture of Mary Blathwayt, Emily Blathwayt and Annie Kenney at Pankhurst Pond in 1910.