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The Dundee Women’s Trail celebrates just a few amazing women whose lives touched this city.

Join us as we take a walk in some great women’s shoes.

About the book – NO LONGER AVAILABLE

This beautifully produced and illustrated book is the perfect gift. As a companion to the walk it fits neatly into pocket or handbag. On rainy days step in to Dundee’s past from the comfort of your own hearth and read about the amazing women who contributed to Dundee’s fascinating history .

Location Map

Each plaque is highlighted on the interactive map. Click on a number to view a snapshot relating to its associated woman.

You can also use location map to follow the trail on your smartphone. View the guide here.

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Links

Many other women have made significant contributions to society in Dundee and beyond and perhaps you’d like to track down more information yourself, using the links to other resources on this website.

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Twenty-five Footsteps

Twenty-five women commemorated by bronze plaques in the city include artists, trades unionists, social reformers, suffragettes, a shipyard welder and a marine engineer. They are - or should be - the pride of Dundee. << >>
  • Portrait by Alec Grieve

    Agnes Husband

    1852-1929
  • Gold Ducat

    Mariote Ker

    16th Century
  • An Anonymous Maidservant

    1872
  • Frances Wright

    1795 - 1852
  • Margaret Fenwick

    1919 - 1992
  • Alice Moorhead and Emily Thomson

    1868 - 1910 / 1864 - 1955
  • Mary Ann Baxter

    1801 - 1884
  • Williamina Fleming

    1857 - 1911
  • Lila Clunas

    1876 - 1968
  • Margaret Fairlie

    1891 - 1963
  • Rebecca Strong

    1843 - 1944
  • Jean Thomson

    1881 - 1940+
  • Mary Alcock

    1789 - 1869
  • Victoria Drummond

    1894 - 1978
  • Katharine Read

    1723 - 1778
  • Florence Horsbrugh

    1889 - 1969
  • Mary Lily Walker

    1863 - 1913
  • Mary Brooksbank

    1897 - 1978
  • Mary Slessor

    1848 - 1915
  • Mary Buick (or Buik)

    1777 - 1854
  • Bella Keyzer

    1922 - 1992
  • Ethel Moorhead

    1869 - 1955
  • Grissell Jaffray

    ? - 1669
  • Janet Keiller

    1737 - 1813
  • Emma Caird

    1849 - 1927

Further Footsteps

Many other women have made significant contributions to society in Dundee and beyond - in education, the arts, industry, business, health and social care - and some are simply 'weel kent' for being great characters!

Here are their names and some details about them.

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Carrie, Isabella Scrimgeour – schoolteacher, Suffragette

03/17/2022

Isabella was born in 1878 in Arbroath, the daughter of Rev. Richard and Ann. She went to the local school and, at age fourteen she became a pupil teacher where she taught for four years. So she got some experience before… read more

Stewart, Sarah (Cissie) – Swimmer

09/15/2021

Cissie was the first Dundonian ever to win an Olympic medal. Possibly the least acknowledged too! There was no celebratory razmataz at the Olympics in 1928, no podiums, no flag-waving . She was born in or near Dudhope Street and… read more

King, Janette “Jessie” Marguerite – Journalist

09/14/2021

In her time, around 1890, Jessie was the first professional  and best-known woman journalist in Scotland.  She was one of four siblings, born in 1862 in Bankfoot, Perthshire, her father a shoemaker and her mother an ex-domestic servant.  A delicate and … read more

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Dundee Women's Trail

Around Dundee there is a trail of twenty-five plaques to commemorate remarkable Dundee women. Their stories are told in further detail in the Dundee Women's Trail book. Click here to purchase a limited copy.
Charity No. SC036149

Latest Further Footsteps

  • Carrie, Isabella Scrimgeour – schoolteacher, Suffragette
  • Stewart, Sarah (Cissie) – Swimmer
  • King, Janette “Jessie” Marguerite – Journalist
  • Grant, Margaret – Founder, Brittle Bone Society
  • Abbott, Wilhelmina Hay (Elizabeth) neé Lamond – Suffragist and Equalitarian Feminist

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