{{Short description|Irish suffragist}} {{EngvarB|date=June 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Florence Moon | birth_place = Birmingham | known_for = Suffrage work in Connacht, 1913–1918 }}
'''Florence Moon''' was an Irish suffragist, born in Birmingham.
== Early life == Florence Moon was from Birmingham, where her mother was involved in suffrage work.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Ryan|first1=Louise|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IK1JDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Florence+Moon%22+suffrage&pg=PT100|title=Irish Women and the Vote: Becoming Citizens, New Edition|last2=Ward|first2=Margaret|date=2018-02-01|publisher=Irish Academic Press|isbn=978-1-78855-015-4|language=en}}</ref>
== Activism == Florence Moon attended a speech by Christabel Pankhurst in 1911, and became active as a suffrage organizer in Galway. She was a founder and leader of the Connacht Women's Franchise League (C.W.F.L.). In 1914 she was part of a C.W.F.L. deputation which met Stephen Gwynn, M.P., in order to obtain his support for women teachers.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/florence-moon-bringing-the-suffragette-movement-to-connacht-1.3718611|title=Florence Moon: Bringing the suffragette movement to Connacht|last=Clancy|first=Mary|website=The Irish Times|language=en|access-date=2020-03-26}}</ref> She was also an active member of the Women's National Health Association. With the outbreak of the First World War, Moon and many other Galway suffragists became involved in efforts concerning the war, such as fund-raising and provisions.<ref>Clancy, Mary. "The 'Western Outpost': Local Government and Women's Suffrage in County Galway, 1898-1918" in Raymond Gillespie and Gerard Moran, eds., ''Galway: History & Society'' (Geography Publications 1996).</ref>
== Personal life == Florence Moon was married to Charles Moon, owner of a prestigious Galway drapery store.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/industriesofirel00unse|title=The Industries of Ireland, Part I: Belfast and Towns of the North, the Provinces of Ulster and Connaught : Business Men and Mercantile Interests, Wealth and Growth : Historical, Statistical, Biographical : Illustrated|date=1891|publisher=Historical Publishing Company|pages=[https://archive.org/details/industriesofirel00unse/page/187 187]|language=en}}</ref> They had three children, Blanche, Elsa, and Charles. The couple left Galway in 1918, and lived in England thereafter.<ref name=":0" />
== See also ==
*Emily Anderson *Mary Donovan O'Sullivan *Mary Fleetwood Berry *Sarah Persse
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