Marion Kirkland Reid

Marion Kirkland Reid (born Marion Kirkland c. 1817, died c. 1920) was an influential Scottish feminist writer, notable for her A Plea for Woman (1843) ^[1] which was published in the United States in 1847, 1848, 1851, and 1852 as Woman, her Education and Influence.^[2]

Her father was a merchant in Glasgow.^[2] Kirkland married Hugo Reid in 1839.^[2] She was a member of the Ladies National Association for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts.

References

1. ^ Reid, Marion Kirkland. A plea for woman: being a vindication of the importance and extent of her natural sphere of action. Edinburgh. 1843. (Polygon, Edinburgh 1988 ISBN 0948275561)
2. ^ ^{a b c} "Marion Kirkland Reid". Sunshine for Women. February 2003. http://www.pinn.net/~sunshine/whm2003/reid.html. Retrieved 2009-10-17. 

Date of death 1902. Lived with her daughter in Hammersmith, London after husband Hugo died (1872).

See also

• History of feminism

Persondata
Name	Reid, Marion Kirkland
Alternative names
Short description	Scottish feminist writer
Date of birth	1817
Place of birth
Date of death	1920
Place of death