Name/TitlePamphlet: Votes for Women
About this objectFold-out leaflet titled 'Votes for Women: The Women's Suffrage Movement in Edinburgh' promoting an exhibition and related events at the Museum of Edinburgh, including art workshops, illustrated talks and storytelling workshops. Delivered by the City of Edinburgh Council in collaboration with WEA Scotland as "a contribution to the Gude Cause, a programme of events leading up to a re-enactment of the Edinburgh Procession and Women's Demonstration of the 9 October 1909." The centrefold features a black and white photograph of this procession.
Fully digitised (8 pages)
MakerCity of Edinburgh Council
Date Made2009
Period2000s
Place MadeScotland, Edinburgh
Place NotesMuseum of Edinburgh
142 Canongate, Royal Mile
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, paper
MeasurementsH: 210 x W: 148 mm (folded)
Subject and Association Keywordsexhibitions
Subject and Association KeywordsWomen's suffrage
Subject and Association KeywordsGender equality
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gude_Cause_1909_and_2009:
Gude Cause was the name of a feminist project, based at the Peace and Justice Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland, which inspired over 60 events and projects throughout Scotland between 2007 and 2009.
Gude Cause aimed to commemorate the work of Scotswomen involved in the suffrage movement, to celebrate women's achievements in the 100 years since the Women's Suffrage Procession which had taken place in Edinburgh in 1909, and to re-energise women's commitment to political representation and action in Scotland.
The work culminated in the re-enactment on 10 October 2009 of the 1909 Edinburgh procession, and was organised by volunteers, women's historians and community workers, in association with The Edinburgh Peace and Justice Resource Centre, achieving the main goal of recreating the original procession in all its glory, while drawing attention to the problems that still need to be faced up to around the world, such as tackling domestic violence, forced marriage, sex trafficking and equal pay.
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This item was gifted to GWL along with a selection of entries from the 2009 Votes for Women Schools Competition organised by Edinburgh EIS (Educational Institute of Scotland: https://www.eis.org.uk/edinburgh) to mark the 1909 women's suffrage demonstration in Edinburgh. Schools in Edinburgh were invited to enter individual and group work in any medium on the theme of Votes for Women.
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeDocument
Object numberGWL-2022-153-18
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved