HAVE YOUR SAY ON WHO YOU THINK Search begins for ourScotswoman oftheYear2017
WHO IS your Scotswoman of the Year? As the Evening Times begins its search for Scotland’s most incredible female of 2017, we want to hear your nominations.
It could be your friend, your neighbour or colleague, or even your mum.
Perhaps she is a local charity worker, going the extra mile for the benefit of her whole community?
Maybe you know someone who has overcome obstacles in her own life to change things for the better for all of us?
Whether she is a celebrity you admire or a business leader inspiring a generation; a medical pioneer saving lives or a compassionate carer, we want to hear about the woman you think deserves our title.
Previous winners of the event, which is generously supported by St Enoch Centre, have changed laws and saved lives.
They have raised hundreds of thousands pounds for causes close to their heart and beaten injustice. Above all, they have inspired others to make a difference.
Our 2017 winner will be following in the footsteps of some impressive women – such as last year’s title holder, Laura Young, who founded the art therapy charity The Teapot Trust after the death of her daughter Verity.
Evening Times editor Graham Shields said: “It is always with great pride that the Evening Times launches its search for our Scotswoman of the Year.
“It gives us a chance to pay tribute to some of the incred- ible women across the country, who go the extra mile for the benefit of others.
“I’m looking forward to hearing our readers’ suggestions for who should hold the 2017 title.”
Many of the previous winners have come from Glasgow and Anne Ledgerwood, general manager of our event partner St Enoch Centre, said it was a fantastic way to honour the women of the city and beyond.
She explained: “We’re extremely proud of our association with Scotswoman of the Year and hearing about some of the inspirational women who have been nominated over the years has changed my perspective on the city and its women.
“Our centre is named after a strong woman from the city’s past – St Enoch, or Saint Teneu or The new, she had many names.
“Earlier this year we introduced the Your City, Your Words art installation to the food court. It was intended to capture the essence of Glasgow and its vernacular but also, it unintentionally celebrates the contribution of women to the city, which is lovely, as most of our shoppers are women.”
Anne adds: “Glasgow- based artist Jacki Parry created a version of her St Thaney, Mother of Glasgow etching which refers to St Enoch and we have a reproduction of her acclaimed Women in the City print which constructs a street map of Glasgow from the names of celebrated women associated with the city.
“Whenever I look at them, I think about who would be in my own list of ‘Mother Glasgows’ – the women who have made the city. It’s hard to pick my favourites but I have a few that stand out.” SAINT ENOCH Legend has it this pagan princess, who lived around the sixth or seventh century, was sentenced to death by her angry father King Lleuddun when he discovered she was pregnant.
Hurled off a cliff, she miraculously survived and sailed across the Firth of Forth in a coracle, to land at Culross. Here she was given shelter at the community of Saint Serf, where she gave birth to her son, Kentigern. He was nicknamed Mungo, or the dear one, and went on to found the city of Glasgow on the banks of the Clyde. MARGARET MACDONALD MACKINTOSH (1864-1933) A highly talented artist who