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… read more
“I have never had any personal ambitions. I have but one: to make my contribution to destroy the capitalist system.” So said Mary Brooksbank, mill-worker and life-long socialist and Communist, several times imprisoned for her campaigning activities. Born in an… read more
Originally from Aberdeen and born into a poor family, this young girl arrived in Dundee aged eleven. As a mill-worker in Baxter’s, Mary attended the Wishart Church, along with her mother and siblings. Mary’s plaque is below the old Wishart… read more
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.
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