Name/TitleScrapbook: Glasgow Society for Equal Citizenship
About this objectA blue leather bound book stamped in gilt on the front cover: '6th February 1918' and 'M.J.B.'. The book contains the details of memorial dinners held by the Glasgow Society for Equal Citizenship from 1919 until 1966 in celebration of the passing of the Representation of the People Act 1918. The book was kept by Marion Buchanan, hostess of the first dinner held on 6th February 1919. It also contains the signatures of most of the dinner attendees, a selection of photographs and press cuttings. Some scraps celebrate pioneering feminists such as Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett and Dr Elsie Inglis.
Fully digitised (106 pages)
MakerBuchanan, Marion J.
Maker RoleCreator
Date Made1919-66
Period1910s-1960s
Place MadeScotland, Glasgow
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, leather and paper
MeasurementsH: 235 x W: 185 x D: 13 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsGlasgow Society for Equal Citizenship
Subject and Association KeywordsWomen's suffrage
Subject and Association KeywordsPioneering women
Subject and Association KeywordsFeminism, feminist movement
Subject and Association KeywordsScottish Women's Hospitals
Subject and Association KeywordsSecond World War
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://womenssuffragescotland.wordpress.com:
THE WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT IN SCOTLAND, 1867-1928: A LEARNING RESOURCE - To commemorate the centenary of the Representation of the People Act passed in February 1918, Women’s History Scotland Steering Committee members Esther Breitenbach, Linda Fleming and Valerie Wright have created this online learning resource.
Key phases of the movement:
The Women’s Suffrage Movement in Scotland: the early years
Women activists in political parties: taking forward the suffrage campaign
Suffrage militancy in Scotland
Understanding the opposition: the Anti-Suffrage Movement in Scotland
Women as active citizens: politics and feminism in interwar Scotland
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeScrapbook
Object numberGWL-2016-140-2
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved