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Aye a battle.

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First came the bulldozers, then a drought: The battle to save Britain's last Suffragette tree

Robert Burns and the Suffragette Movement - or vice-versa maybe...

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New Suffragette mural in Glasgow.

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Flora Murray

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Medical pioneer Dr Flora Murray features on new bank note Suffragette and medical pioneer Dr Flora Murray is pictured on the Bank of Scotland's polymer £100 note.

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MARCH | Glasgow Women's Library For the first time MARCH (36mins) is free to view online from 23rd August to 6th September, as a companion to the virtual event Performing the Past.

Henria Leech Williams

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Insight: A Scots grave leads to fascinating story of a forgotten suffragette Take a walk through Cathcart Cemetery. Pick your way along an overgrown path scythed by a fallen branch. Clamber up behind the Hood mausoleum, with its Philae Temple of Hathor pretensions. Squelch through the mud and mulch, then stop under a spreading horse chestnut tree.

Women and Democracy - the West Lothian story booklet to download (just click on the download button at the top right of the page).

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This from West Lothian Council - Museums and Local History page, in March last year.

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Did you know that three young women from Broxburn marched at the front of the Edinburgh Suffrage Demonstration in 1909?

They were Sarah McDougall, Miss McGavin and Miss Black. They were part of Dr Kelso's "Lothian Lasses." Alongside two other member, and dressed in full Highland costume, they played the pipes at the front of the procession.

The 1909 demonstration was the biggest spectacle of the Scottish suffrage movement. Thousands of women, dressed in suffrage colours, paraded down Princess Street. The event was planned and managed by women. Women acted as stewards, flagholders and chauffeurs. They were some men present - Broxburn Public Band also played at the event.

The young female pipers had originally started out as the highland dancers for Dr Kelso's Lothian Pipers. They were given the opportunity to learn the pipes and under Dr Kelso's guidance became one of the first female pipe bands in Scotland.

The 1909 demonstration culminated in a large suffrage meeting at Waverley Market. As thousands of protestors arrived, the female pipers played on the platform, stopping only when Mrs Pankhurst arrived to give her address. According to the Linlithgow Gazette, "mere men held their breath in admiration."

Find out more by visiting our exhibition, "Women & Democracy: the West Lothian Story - it's on display at Strathbrock Partnership Centre for the next 3 weeks.

Plaque to Bessie Watson, Suffragette and Piper, at 11 Vennel, Edinburgh where she was born and lived. Unveiled on 1st August, 2019 by Nicola Sturgeon.

There is now a memorial entry for Bessie (Elizabeth) on the Women of Scotland site, run by the Glasgow Women's Library, awaiting moderation.

photo Margaret Ferguson Burns

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Interesting comment about women's suffrage

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Scotland's 'miracle town' where thousands of workers produced Devil's Porridge for war It was described as a "miracle town" or perhaps even the most remarkable place in the world where tonne upon tonne of 'Devil's Porridge' - or high grade explosives - were made to fuel the Great War.

"Portrait Monument, which showed Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony and Lucretia Mott in towering white marble. All three women were suffragists in thec1880s"

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The Suffragist Statue Trapped in a Broom Closet for 75 Years The Portrait Monument was a testament to women’s struggle for the vote that remained hidden till 1997

Votes for Women interactive map.

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New INTERACTIVE MAP charts the history of the campaign for votes for women The extent of campaigns for the vote for women in Aberdeen and surrounding areas from 1867 to 1918 is the subject of a new interactive map.

Emmeline Pankhurst's grave at Brompton Cemetary, London.

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'A New World' from the Dalry & Kilbirnie Herald in 1918.

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Lumberjills in WWII

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Women Lumberjacks Issue Title - Jolly Good Fellers (1942) Women lumberjacks. Somewhere in Scotland. M/S of trees being felled in a forest. M/S of volunteer ladies with axes walking along to chop down some more. M/S ...

Sylvia Blane diary

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Self defence for Suffragettes - exhibition

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Suffra-jiu-jitsu: New exhibition sheds light on little known facts about Scotland's suffragettes - Sunday Post They were beaten, groped, force-fed, sexually assaulted and in some cases, murdered in their quest for equality.

A lovely Scottish link

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/dec/20/sylvia-pankhurst-paintings-of-women-at-work-acquired-for-tate

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Sylvia Pankhurst paintings of women at work acquired by Tate Four watercolours bought from suffragette’s family with funds from betting billionaire

Worth checking out.

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Stop Suffragette statue being removed from Parliament This statue was funded by suffragettes and has stood in place since 1930. It would be disrespectful to move the statue from the public eye on the centenary of women's suffrage. We've made so much progress in the realm of women's rights but moving a feminist hero like Pankhurst away from the heart of...

Processions 2018.

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Swimming and cycling - girls can do them too..

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The Surprising History of Swimming's Suffragists To bring attention to their cause, these pioneering women had to get physical.

Women's Suffrage Exhibitions

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Introducing a new exhibition, Faces of Change: Votes for Women, exploring the stories and the debate over female suffrage.

We're working in partnership the National Portrait Gallery to bring this special centenary exhibition to three of our places; The Workhouse, Killerton and Mount Stewart: http://ow.ly/pDGK30js4za

Photo with thanks to the National Portrait Gallery, London.

Knitting spies.

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The Wartime Spies Who Used Knitting as an Espionage Tool Grandma was just making a sweater. Or was she?

Priscilla Bright McLaren included on Millicent Fawcett statue plinth, unveiled today.

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Millicent Fawcett statue unveiling: the women and men whose names will be on the plinth Fawcett is the first woman to be commemorated with a statue in Parliament Square

Millicent Fawcett statue unveiling today on London.

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Stand up for women's rights Join our movement as Millicent makes history again.

Surveillance photos.

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The Suffragette surveillance photos that tell the story of Votes for Women – Museum Crush 6 min read The Suffragette surveillance photos that tell the story of Votes for Women by Richard Moss, 9-11-17 Article Surveillance image of the suffragette prisoner Grace Marcon, alias ‘Frieda Graham’. © Museum of London A series of powerful Home Office surveillance photos are among the Suffra...

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We are looking for participants for Their Work Is Not Forgotten: Celebrating the centenary of women’s suffrage Museums & Galleries Edinburgh are developing an exhibition exploring the 2018 centenary of the Representation of the People Act and of women gaining the right to vote. This will go on display i…

New website.

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*** NEW – The Women’s Suffrage Movement in Scotland, 1867-1928: a learning resource *** | Women's History Scotland

Dodge the Police

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'Dodge the police' suffragette game found The 109-year-old game was designed to raise money for the women's rights movement.