Name/TitleBadge: For Home & Country
About this objectGilded brass (or bronzed) Scottish Women's Rural Institutes pin badge in the form of a crown embossed with the SWRI initials sitting on top of a white enamelled voided heart linked to a blue enamelled banner bearing the 'FOR HOME & COUNTRY' motto.
MakerFattorini & Sons
Maker RoleManufacturer
Date Madec.1919-28
Period1920s
Place MadeEngland, Bradford
Medium and MaterialsInorganic, brass and enamel
Inscription and MarksEngraved on back: FATTORINI & SONS BRADFORD ~ Rd. 671035
MeasurementsH: 25 x W: 18 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsWomen's Institute (WI)
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's organisations
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Women's_Institutes:
The Scottish Women's Institutes (SWI), informally called "the Rural", is a registered charity which promotes the preservation of Scotland's traditions and rural heritage, particularly in the sphere of household activities. It does so by means of local groups of women which meet regularly throughout the country. It was formed on 26 June 1917 as the Scottish Women's Rural Institutes, part of the movement of rural women's institutes started in Stoney Creek, Ontario in 1897. The first meeting in Scotland look place at Longniddry in East Lothian. Catherine Hogg Blair had identified the need for a Scottish example of the emerging Women's Institutes movement and she organised the meeting at Longniddry to avoid a measles outbreak in her own village. 37 women became members and campaigner Nannie Brown was the area organiser. The SWRI created the chance for rural women to network and share their skills with one another. The group's magazine, Scottish Home and Country was first published in 1924. The name changed to Scottish Women's Institutes in 2015.
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeBadge
Object numberGWL-2023-45-1
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved