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“Who is the strongest — an Irish woman or Mr. Winston Churchill?”

This stained glass portrait of Mary Molony uses the suffragette colours – purple (loyalty/dignity), white (purity) and green (hope). It’s based on an image from the Dundee Courier.

Also called Dorothy, Mary, and Dolly, she was an Irish suffragette famous for following Winston Churchill around for a week and ringing a bell when he tried to speak at a the Dundee by-election in 1908. He had previously spoken out against suffrage and Mary demanded he apologise for his remarks.

A special gift for a strong woman, this stained glass portrait is a one-off.

Dundee had been a bit of a hotbed of suffragette activity with the famous Pankhurst sisters and other Women’s Social and Political Union members holding meetings there. The WSPU was known for its hardline activism and many members were arrested. The Women’s Freedom League was a less militant group, and Mary was a key member.

I’ve used zinc to frame this portrait and it has a hanging chain ready to display at a window or on a wall. It’s 40 x 26 cm. The solder has been polished with a black patina, giving it a classic look.

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