📆 OTD in 1875 Mary Barbour was Born 🗣️ “We should be daring in our demands, not only for better houses but for a higher standard of living generally.” (1st pic: Protests & Suffragettes Mural on Crossloan Rd & Uist Street— Mary Barbour & Isabella Elder)

BTS of Making our ‘REBEL’ Totes 💥👇 Last Friday our Creative Workshop and Admin Assistant, Heather, got busy screen printing our ‘REBEL’ tote bags for our Creative Catalyst Tier on Patreon! Featuring a quote said of Suffrage Activist Teresea Billington-Greig, c.1910

🚨 1 week left to apply! 🚨 There’s still plenty of time to apply for our part-time Admin and Marketing Assistant Role, funded and supported by InspirAlba. 🟣Remote working 🟣16 hours per week 🟣Hourly rate: £13.45 per hour 🟣Application Deadline: Mon 23rd February, 12pm 👉Apply buff.ly/izvzGNa

We’re doing BRAND NEW THINGS And it’s all thanks to our new Patreon Community— For the past few weeks we have been getting inducted to @printclan, and using their incredible studio to print some equally incredible TOTE BAGS!

Acting Up: Singing Suffragettes & Visioning Our Future 🎶 📢 We’re planning a celebration of Scotland’s Suffrage Herstory, and you’re invited! Join us in Glasgow at Kinning Park Complex for an evening of music, herstories, and inspiring conversations.

💜LOVE IN ADVERSITY 💜 We’re celebrating Valentine's Day and LGBTQ+ History Month, by sharing about our favourite Suffragette couple. Doctor Flora Murray & Louisa Garrett Anderson were medical pioneers, Suffragettes & lifelong partners- captured in portraits here by Francis Dodd in 1921.

Okay, we can’t get ENOUGH of our Suffragette Pennies— that have just gone LIVE in our shop for Val/Galentines Day. But did you know the history behind them? 👇👇👇

💌LOVE IS IN THE AIR- OUR VAL/GALENTINES COLLECTION HAS LANDED IN P&S SHOP!💌 Love stories don’t start and end with romance. This February, celebrate women who loved justice enough to fight for it & #ShopSocial with our hand-printed, silk-screen cards OR our replica Suffragette Pennies.

📣 We’re hiring!! 📣 TWO BRAND NEW ROLES! ‼️All applicants must currently live in Argyll and continue to live in Argyll for the duration of the role. 🗺️Remote working (with scope for onboarding/training at Kinning Park Complex, Glasgow) 📆6 months, PT, Fixed Term 💰£13.45 p/h 👉Apply buff.ly/GH3ZmHn

🚨NEW MERCH ALERT 🚨 COMING SOoOON to our online shop, Suffragette Pennies AND a new series of P&S cards—just in time for Valentines/ Galentines Day!

🔍Looking for meaningful International Women’s Day activity? 💪Have an upcoming event that centres women, girls and their empowerment? 💜Want to provide an impactful workshop to your audience this Women’s History Month? Then book Protests and Suffragettes!

IT'S HERE!... And it’s not too late to join! 👇 Today at 3pm, join Protests and Suffragettes for our Patreon January Gathering Want to get in on the action? For £5 a month, you can join our live monthly gatherings on Patreon & be part of a growing national community. 👉 Join us here: buff.ly/tAJOeO1

JUST TWO DAYS TO GO! 🔥✊ Burns Night meets suffragette resistance ✊🔥 Join us on Sat 31 Jan 3–4pm for our January P&S Patreon Gathering — exploring Burns Night, Perth Prison, and women’s histories of protest in Scotland. 👉 Join us on Patreon (for as little as £5 per month!) buff.ly/tAJOeO1

⁉️Do you know the Holloway Jingles? In March and April 1912, there were a fair number of Suffragette prisoners held in Holloway in London, including Janie Allan and Margaret McPhun from Glasgow. Missing home and keeping themselves busy, some of them wrote poetry.

🔥 Burns Night, suffragettes & prison protest 🔥 On 31 Jan (3–4pm) we’re hosting a live Patreon Gathering on Burns Night + Perth Prison — sharing women’s histories of resistance in Scotland. For £5/month (an overpriced latte ☕) you can support the work and join the conversation ✊ 👉 buff.ly/tAJOeO1

Dramatic connection between Burns Night & Suffragettes💥 July 1914 Burns’ cottage was the site of a very different event from the usual Burns Night celebrations- when militant suffragettes Fanny Parker and Ethel Moorhead were caught by the nightwatchman apparently attempting to blow the cottage up.

📆 ON THIS DAY: Eunice Murray MBE was born in 1878. An exceptional public speaker who toured the UK by caravan, spreading the word about women’s rights and the Suffrage movement. Eunice was also the first Scottish Woman to stand for election to Parliament.

New year, new #Wikipedia Editing Club on the last Saturday of every month - starting 31 January at Bramblers Café, St John Street #Perth 10-12. All levels of experience welcome. Don't forget your laptop! Make it a resolution to change the world, one edit at a time 💪

🚨New Staff Member Alert! 🚨Welcome: HEATHER! 🎉 We’re happy to announce that, thanks to our Build It Funding from FirstPort, we have a new team member here at P&S HQ 👇👇 Heather has joined us as our new Creative Workshop and Administrative Assistant!

📅ON THIS DAY: Caroline Phillips died in 1956. Caroline Phillips was journalist, suffragist and honorary secretary of the WSPU. Working at The Aberdeen Daily Journal, she often found herself in conflict with her employer for aligning too closely with the women’s suffrage movement.

Earlier this week, we posted about Catherine Hogg Blair for her birthday! 🎂 Want to know more about Scottish Suffragettes 👉Buy a pack of our Suffragette Playing Cards! 💥 features the names, images and information of amazing women activists from every corner of Scotland. 👉https://buff.ly/WTIei66

📅 ON THIS DAY: Catherine Hogg Blair was Born in 1872! Catherine Hogg Blair wrote letters & took direct action in support of women's suffrage, offering shelter to Suffragettes. She founded the SWI & a pottery business, MakMerry. 📍 Born in #Bathgate 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🐄 #Farmer 👩🎨 #Artist 🚜 & Rural Suffragette

Happy New Year(from 1912 Votes for women) @lse.library Joan of Arc "May the new year bring votes to women and may the old sex inequality be altogether swept away!" @scotsuffragette.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social @womenslibrary.bsky.social @lsesu.bsky.social @lsegender.bsky.social

✨Happy Hogmanay to all our pals on 🦋✨ As we welcome 2026, we’re remembering the women who boycotted the 1911 Census — refusing to be counted without rights. Here’s to a year of making women’s histories visible, valued, and everywhere ✊💜 #Hogmanay #WomensHistory #Herstories #Scotland

✨ Season’s Greetings from Protests and Suffragettes ✨ 🎄We wish you a restful and inspiring holiday, and here’s to a fruitful 2026 filled with curiosity, creativity, and more women written back into Scotland’s history! 🗣💜 #WomensHistory

✨ Twixmas live gathering ✨ Sat 27 Dec, 3pm — join us for our first LIVE GATHERING with Doctur Normul, sharing new songs inspired by the Holloway Jingles — poetry written by imprisoned suffragettes in 1912 ✊📜 🎟 Access via P&S Patreon 🎁 Or why not gift a 3month membership to a pal & attend together?

RIGHT – 🎄Holiday shopping: done ✅ (or is it....😬😳) Equity in education: still v much in progress 🚫 As we approach the holiday, we’ve opened a seasonal appeal to get more Education Packs into Scottish schools. 🙏🏾 👇Pls share & help spread the word 👇 protestsandsuffragettes.com/shop/DONATE-...

📣 BUGLER GIRL: a wee art herstory Did you know some suffragettes were also artists? Illustrators helped power the #VotesForWomen campaign — creating images for banners, posters, newspapers, and even Christmas cards. Art was activism. 🎨✊

⌛️Time is running out to get your fab feminist gifts! Last posting dates for our shop merch: Tomorrow Wed 18th NOON (for 2nd class) Fri 20th NOON First Class Sat 21st onwards: GIFT a P&S PATREON membership INSTANTLY — how about 3 months as a Community Champion?! Only £15 for 3 months!

We are @Govanhillbaths @ragstoriches market TODAY ONLY from 11am–5pm! 👋Come say hi & bag yourself one of our last few Suffragette Penny replicas ~ available for £10 or 3 for £25, either keychain or vintage. We’ll also have a freebie table as WE 💜FREE 🤩 #buysocial #inclusive #womenled

DAY 2- EDUCATION EMPOWERER & RESEARCH REVOLUTIONARY POST 📣Join our Patreon! 📝💥Become an Education Empowerer OR a Research Revolutionary📝💥 Our Launch Week discounts end MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, so we’re going 2 for 1 and sharing 2 of our different Patreon Teams (or ‘Tiers)… 🥁🥁🥁

Last day to sign up for our Patreon at these amazing discounted rates!

For #EYAInclusion, we’ve been looking at the records of Queen Margaret College, a higher education institution for women that joined with the University of Glasgow in 1892. The records are a fascinating resource for anyone interested in the history of women’s education in Scotland. DC 233/2/22/2/63

📣 NOW ACCEPTING ESSAYS! The Leah Leneman Prize for research on women’s or gender history is open to students & independent scholars. Submit your 8-10k word essay by 22 Dec 2025 📅 Full details: womenshistoryscotland.org/projects-and...

📣Our Patreon just launched — and the Community Champion tier is 40% off until Thurs 11 Dec For £3/month, you get: • Monthly live conversations • Community Discord • 4 online panels / year • Early merch access • 15% shop discount Join the Conversation: www.patreon.com/protestsands... #HerStory

📣Join the Conversation: P&S PATREON 🗣️💜 🏆Help us grow a connected national community of changemakers 🚨P&S PATREON IS LIVE 👇👇Sign-up and join the conversation www.patreon.com/protestsands... #inclusive #WomenLed

✨🎄Come see us this Sat-Sun 6-7 Dec at the Riverside Museum FestiveMarket👇deets below or DM us We’re selling 🪙Suffragette Penny🥉 replicas AND hand-printed Christmas Cards — which are also Suffrage-themed! They r only available IRL at our markets OR by joining our Patreon (Creative Catalyst Tier!)

🗣💜We’re feelin’ the LOVE! 😍Check what people are saying about our PATREON! We’ve had a great buzz of sign-ups but there’s still time to join the conversation… so what are you waiting for? 💜 You can Join Now for discounted rates #WomenLed #HerStory #Suffragettes #WomensHistory #SocialEnterprise

Mary Barbour and Isabella Elder mural by @scotsuffragette.bsky.social in the Govan area of Glasgow. The quote at the top is as relevant today as it was over a century ago when these two women, each in their own way, were striving to improve the lives of those around them. #glasgow #streetart #mural

🎉 TODAY’S THE DAY — Our Patreon is LIVE! 💜 We’re launching the Protests & Suffragettes Patreon because we believe Scotland deserves a future where women’s histories are visible, celebrated, and impossible to ignore. Join TODAY (Launch Day!) for a 40% discount From 3–11 December: 25% off 🔗 in bio!

One day to go!!!

📣📣 IT’S HAPPENING!!! Our Protest & Suffragettes Patreon goes live on TUESDAY 2 DECEMBER 🎉

@scotsuffragette.bsky.social is hiring a Business Development Lead to turn momentum into sustainable growth. If you’re a creative doer who loves turning relationships into revenue & purpose into partnerships, build this with them! tinyurl.com/38k2ufjw £41,700 pro-rata Glasgow #charityjob

🚨🚨 WORK WITH US – DEADLINE FAST APPROACHING! 🚨🚨 👉THIS MON 24th at 10am ⌛️Applications for our new Business Development Lead close Join us and help write changemakers back into history – get your apps in!

Delighted to have another one of our murals featured by @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social This series around Govan - Isabella Elder, Helen Crawfurd and the Suffrage Oak - was commissioned by Yardworks Glasgow and we co-created the designs with local community groups of all ages 🥰

🎄📣 P+S are feeling the festive spirit- come and see us at these upcoming markets! We'll be selling our brand new Christmas cards, Suffragette Trumps cards, posters, zines and more! #buysocial #womenled #suportwomenbusiness @womenslibrary.bsky.social @govanhillbaths.bsky.social

A beautifully written tribute by @sorchadallas.bsky.social for the incredible Elspeth King-- a true champion of Scottish Radical histories, including women's histories and the untold stories of Scottish Suffrage.

🚨 🚨Our deadline is fast approaching! Mon 24th Nov @ 10am get your applications in now--- protestsandsuffragettes.com/about/work-w...

👋Thnx for sharing our new mural!🤩🎨 We’re big fans of the mighty Helen Crawfurd & her work as a RentStriker & Suffragette. (As creators tho, we’d prefer 2b credited IN THE POST w/ the image— I’m sure u’d feel the same, as a creator of fab images yerself?) If u’ve room for # - u can fit our @🦋

It was created by Protests and Suffragettes in association with Impact Arts Craft Cafe and was commissioned by Yardworks in Glasgow. #glasgow #mural #suffragettes #glasgowhistory #govan #streetart