International Women’s Day is the focal point in the movement for gender equality, celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women across the world.
It’s fair to say Glasgow has had more than its fair share of gallus women over the years, from the Suffragettes struggling for the vote, the housewives taking on greedy landlords in the 1915 Rent Strikes through to the thousands of council workers who waged a 12-year fight for equal pay in 2018.
Strong women can be found at every turn in the pages of Glasgow's history – looking after their families and making house in slum tenements, fighting to go to university and enter the world of work, marching in the streets against injustice or just letting their hair down at the dancing with their pals. Those are some hard-won freedoms, after all!
If we’ve learned anything from our past, it’s that you can make a difference no matter your background. Ordinary working class women have and continue to be the backbone of our society – and for too long that has gone under-appreciated.
We would be here forever listing off all the incredible women who paved the way for change; so today we’re paying tribute with a gallery round-up of everyday women living in the city since the Victorian era.
Whether they’re working, studying, protesting, raising families or having some well-deserved time off, we’re championing the women throughout history who have helped to make Glasgow.
