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The Scotsman, 27 July, 2004. MPs seek pardon for the suffragettes. By Duncan Forgan. Article concerning support by MPs for a royal pardon for convicted women.
Guardian, July 28, 2004. They broke the law with pride. By Fran Abrams. Abrams argues against the campaign to win a posthumous pardon, after more than 70 MPs signed a Commons' motion in support of a pardon.
Guardian, July 8, 2006. Militant Misses. By June Purvis. The suffrage historian Jane Purvis reviews Rebel Girls: Their Fight for The Vote by Jill Liddington, a book which focuses on rank-and-file suffrage activists.
The Times, September 29, 2006. Suffragettes ‘planned to kill PM’ Anon. Story following release of Public Record Office papers suggesting that some militant women honed their gun skills at a shooting range at 92 Tottenham Court Road, with the intention of shooting Prime Minister Asquith. Accompanied by a photo montage of 12 women from the “secret surveillance” of Holloway prisoners from a previous Kew release.
The Herald, December 14, 2006 Solidarity show that deserves your vote. By Karin Goodwin. Article tracing suffragette movement in Scotland and marking the launch next day of the 'If I Can't Vote, I Don't Count' exhibition of suffrage memorabilia at the Scottish Parliament.
The Scotsman, December 14, 2006 Two million reasons why women should always use their vote. By Louise Gray. Two-page feature tracing suffragette movement in Scotland and marking the launch next day of the 'If I Can't Vote, I Don't Count' exhibition of suffrage memorabilia at the Scottish Parliament. Uses images of Fanny Parker, Arabella and Muriel Scott, Anna Munro and Ethel Moorhead. Press Releases
Note: In Date of Issue order. Copies in WC.
Press Association. February 27, 1992. Why Women Must Have Their Say. Release by Lesley Abdela for International Women’s Day, 1992, circulated to national and provincial newspapers.
Glasgow University. April 6, 2000. Buildings to be Renamed to Honour Women. Concerns the temporary renaming of every building on campus – all named after famous male figures – to be renamed after significant women to mark International Women’s Day, 2000. Among the women honoured were suffrage activists Flora Drummond, Marion Wallace Dunlop, Frances McPhun, Mary Hamilton, Helen Fraser and Dr Elizabeth Chalmers Smith.
Royal Mint, March 6, 2003. Press release with colour photographs of the new 50p ‘Suffragette’ coin.
Scottish Parliament, November 16, 2003. Copy of speech in Parliament by Marlyn Glen MSP, commemorating centenary of WSPU, with original Women’s Freedom League postcard she waved before MSPs.
Unison Union. April 1, 2004. ‘Nursery Nurses Mark Suffragette Activity with Charlotte Square Vigil.’ On April 1, 2004 striking nursery nurses in Edinburgh joined arms in Charlotte Square, Edinburgh to mark the 90th anniversary of the first forcible feeding in Scotland of a hunger strike suffragette (Ethel Moorhead in Calton Gaol). The action was to enforce the message that the predominantly female nursery nurses were leading the dispute and “not a small number of guys.”
Scottish Parliament, March 7, 2005. 'Recognition for Suffrage Movement' Announcement that Scottish Executive is to commission £50,0000 sculpture "as a permanent tribute to the dedication and sacrifice that Scottish suffragettes and many other women made in gaining the vote and advancing democracy."
Scottish Parliament, November 21, 2006 Scotland to host suffragette exhibition Details of forthcoming 'If I Can't Vote, I Don't Count' exhibition in the Parliament's main hall (with Press Pack).
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