Margaret Fenwick on her way to receive her MBE. Copyright © DC Thomson & Co. Ltd., 2008 Select A Story... Agnes Husband Mariote Ker An Anonymous Maidservant Frances Wright Margaret Fenwick Alice Moorhead and Emily Thomson Mary Ann Baxter Williamina Fleming Lila Clunas Margaret Fairlie Rebecca Strong Jean Thomson Mary Alcock Victoria Drummond Katharine Read Florence Horsbrugh Mary Lily Walker Mary Brooksbank Mary Slessor Mary Buick (or Buik) Bella Keyzer Ethel Moorhead Grissell Jaffray Janet Keiller Emma Caird Margaret Fenwick | Footstep 5 | 1919 - 1992 Margaret was a redoubtable mill-worker and trade unionist from the age of 15. At the same time as bringing up four children, she became the first woman General Secretary of a British trade union - the Dundee & District Union of Jute, Flax & Kindred Textile Operatives - where she did much to improve health and safety and pay. She continued to work as a JP and on industrial tribunals into her sixties and was awarded an MBE. Her plaque marks the site of the union headquarters at 93 Nethergate. Previous Story  |  Next Story
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