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Mary Fraser Dott (died about 1980) was a Scottish nationalist political activist. Mary and her husband George Dott were already Scottish nationalists when, in 1928, they became founder members of the National Party of Scotland;〔William Wolfe, ''Scotland lives'', p.19〕 when this merged into the Scottish National Party (SNP), they became founder members of the new party. From the 1930s, Dott organised the Scottish Literature Society, and under this title, held events at her house in Edinburgh which included readings by people including Hugh MacDiarmid.〔Hugh MacDiarmid, "New Selected Letters", pp.314, 539〕 In 1946, the SNP's revised policy document was developed and signed by leading party members at the Dott's house, and incorporated some of their ideas, taken from social credit and Georgism.〔H. J. Hanham, ''Scottish nationalism'', p.175〕 Following this, in 1947, she was appointed as the party's National Secretary.〔"(History of the SNP )", Aberdeen SNP〕 During this time, she attended the 1948 Hague Congress on behalf of the party,〔Jean-Michel Guieu and Christophe Le Dréau, ''Le «Congress de l'Europe» à La Haye, 1948-2008", p.181〕 and she stood unsuccessfully in the Edinburgh East by-election, 1947, taking 1,682 votes.〔''Labour Party Yearbook, 1947-8'', p.340〕 She was the only woman to stand in a British parliamentary election for the party until Winnie Ewing in 1967.〔''Revue Canadienne Des Études Sur Le Nationalisme'', p.23〕 Although Dott stood down as National Secretary in 1951,〔 she remained active in the party, opposing John MacCormick's Scottish Covenant Association split.〔James Mitchell, ''Strategies for self-government: the campaigns for a Scottish Parliament'', p.94〕 She served on the SNP's publicity committee and was involved in the campaign to have the British queen recognised as the first Elizabeth to rule over Scotland.〔"Scottish nationalists claim victory", ''Ottawa Citizen'', 6 April 1954, p.42〕 In 1962, she gave a speech at Broxburn in support of William Wolfe, where she claimed that Scottish MPs were "afraid of being laughed at" due to their nationalities.〔 ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mary Fraser Dott」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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