The Courier & Advertiser (Angus and Dundee)
Pioneering Angus women to be celebrated in museum event
The opening event for the Sisters are Doing it for Themselves; Pioneering Women in Angus exhibition will take place at the Signal Tower Museum in Arbroath on Saturday.
The museum is celebrating the pioneering women of Angus throughout the 19th and 20th centuries with a temporary exhibition and a series of events, in the 100th anniversary year of female suffrage.
Among those was Suffragette Alexina Jessie Macgregor, born in India, who was the daughter of an army officer Major Robert Guthrie Macgregor.
Another was Marjorie Helen Shanks MBE, who founded the 1st Girl Guide Company in Arbroath in 1919.
The exhibition launches with Angus Alive’s chief executive Kirsty Hunter who will officially open the exhibition and provide an insight into her career and the people who inspire her.
All female Dundee band, The Swizzle Sisters, will perform live in the museum courtyard.
The Sisters exhibition will run until December 30 and throughout this period Angus Alive will be hosting special talks and performances to bring to life the historical and current day influence of pioneering females on culture, economics and communities in Angus today.
Museum officer Kirsten Couper said: “We are excited to host this contemporary exhibition at Signal Tower Museum as we bring to life the stories of pioneering women through a series of talks and performances.
“We welcome everyone to attend the opening celebration on Saturday September 1 and look forward to welcoming you back to the series of special events running until the end of the year.”