July 2009
AN INVITATION TO JOIN THE PROCESSION
Our Registration Form & General Information pack gives you all the information you need to sign your group up to take part in the procession and be part of this great day out. Forms are available to download from our website or if you would like us to send you a copy email or call Fiona Skillen at Gude Cause, gudecause@peaceandjustice.org.uk Telephone: 0131 229 0993
REMAKE THE LOST EDINBURGH BANNER
1.0 – 4.00 pm, Saturday 26th July
McDonald Road Library
A chance to re-create a bit of history. Gude Cause has been trying
unsuccessfully (so far) to locate the whereabouts of the original Edinburgh Banner from the 1909 procession. However, we have photographs and on 26th July we will remake a banner for Edinburgh based on the original design. Please come along and join in the fun. To book a place contact marylou anderson
VOTES FOR WOMEN
The Women’s Suffrage Movement in Edinburgh
31 July 2009 – 9 January 2010
Museum of Edinburgh
Huntly House, 142 Canongate,
Royal Mile, Edinburgh
This exhibition charts the long struggle to win the vote which was eventually granted to all women in 1928. At the height of the campaign to win the vote, a grand historical pageant was held in Edinburgh in October 1909. A re-enactment will take place on 10 October 2009 and this exhibition is being staged to complement this event. The exhibition examines the Women’s Suffrage Movement in Edinburgh and will include photos and artefacts from that period.
FESTIVAL OF POLITICS
A Gude Cause – Women, Peace and Scottish Politics
17.30 (18.30) Committee Room 1 FREE but ticketed (book in advance)
October 1909 witnessed a ‘grand pageant’ for women’s suffrage, in Edinburgh’s Princes Street. With reduced female representation in the Scottish Parliament, Gude Cause has been formed to re-enact the event and inspire renewed action for gender equality. Here an expert panel discuss how devolution can continue to improve the position of Scottish women, and bring less confrontational politics, as favoured by early suffragists such as Chrystal McMillan
Book A Gude Cause – Women, Peace and Scottish Politics online
GLASGOW GROUP
The next meeting of the Glasgow Group will be held on Thursday 6 August, 5pm, in the Unison offices, 18 Albion Street. For further info please see the Glasgow Section of the Website or contact Valerie Wright V.Wright@dundee.ac.uk
Get in touch……….
Tell us about your events and activities and we will highlight them in our ebulletin and on our website. For further information on any of the above, or to make a donation or discuss your ideas email
gudecause@peaceandjustice.org.uk or call 0131 229 0993 or visit our website www.gudecause.co.uk
