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Dundee Women's Trail for International Women's Day

EDM (Early Day Motion) 2872: tabled on 26 February 2026

Tabled in the 2024-26 session.

This motion has been signed by 4 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted.

Motion text

That this House welcomes the Dundee Women’s Trail, a public heritage initiative commemorating the lives and contributions of 25 women who shaped Dundee’s social, cultural, scientific, political and civic history; recognises the value of making women’s histories visible in public spaces; acknowledges the Trail’s educational and community impact; further recognises Mariote Ker, an Anonymous Maidservant, Agnes Husband, Frances Wright, Margaret Fenwick, Dr Alice Moorhead, Dr Emily Thomson, Mary Ann Baxter, Williamina Fleming, Lila Clunas, Professor Margaret Fairlie, Rebecca Strong, Jean Thomson, Mary Alcock, Victoria Drummond, Katharine Read, Florence Horsbrugh, Mary Lily Walker, Mary Brooksbank, Mary Slessor, Mary Buick (Buik), Bella Keyzer, Ethel Moorhead, Grissell Jaffray and Janet Keiller as the women commemorated on the Trail; and commends all those involved in delivering the project.