Calling the next generation of suffragettes
The daughter of a Glasgow suffragette is searching for others like her. Catherine Smith’s (BSc 1971) mother was Margaret McCann (MA 1928), who as an undergraduate in the late 1920s was active in the Clyde Coast Campaign for Equality for Women, alongside the prominent suffragette Lillian Lenton.
As part of the recent events marking the centenary of the Representation of the People Act 1918, a TV documentary suggested that few daughters of suffragettes are still alive, let alone have continued the fight for equality.
Catherine and her sister Bernadette Cahill (MA 1971) both worked throughout their careers towards achieving women’s equality, and Catherine’s daughter Zoe (MA 1996) is also a Glasgow graduate.
Are there any other suffragettes’ daughters hidden among the members of our General Council? If so, Catherine would be keen to hear from you – contact dr_catherine_smith@btopenworld.com.
