# Florence Moon
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{{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](/source/Irish_people) [suffragist](/source/Women's_suffrage), born in [Birmingham](/source/Birmingham).
== Early life ==
Florence Moon was from Birmingham, where her mother was involved in suffrage work.[{{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}}]
== Activism ==
Florence Moon attended a speech by [Christabel Pankhurst](/source/Christabel_Pankhurst) in 1911, and became active as a suffrage organizer in [Galway](/source/Galway). She was a founder and leader of the Connacht [Women's Franchise League](/source/Women's_Franchise_League) (C.W.F.L.). In 1914 she was part of a C.W.F.L. deputation which met [Stephen Gwynn](/source/Stephen_Gwynn), [M.P.](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)), in order to obtain his support for women teachers.[{{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}}] She was also an active member of the Women's National Health Association. With the outbreak of the [First World War](/source/World_War_I), Moon and many other Galway suffragists became involved in efforts concerning the war, such as fund-raising and provisions.[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).]
== Personal life ==
Florence Moon was married to Charles Moon, owner of a prestigious Galway drapery store.[{{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}}] They had three children, Blanche, Elsa, and Charles. The couple left Galway in 1918, and lived in England thereafter.