 Macmillan was active in the Edinburgh National Society for Women 's Suffrage ( <unk> ) . In 1897 , two women 's groups in Great Britain united to become the National Union of Women 's Suffrage Societies ( NUWSS ) , of whom Macmillan , along with Louisa Stevenson , served as executive committee members from Edinburgh . She was known as Chrystal Macmillan — she did not use the name Jessie , her mother 's first name and her own birth name . 
