This election is exhausting but women are vital to democracy in Scotland #TuesdayMotivation So - THREAD of historical politicos to keep us going Agnes Dollan a suffragette activist Jailed in 1917 she helped organise the Rent Strikes.1st female Labour candidate elected to GCC /1

Agnes Hardie, stalwart of Scottish Labour - a talented speaker she was the 1st women on Glasgow Trades Council. She opposed conscription in WWI as a pacifist. In 1937 she became an MP & during WWII was nicknamed the 'housewife's MP' cos she spoke out about rationing. Go Agnes. /2

Mary Grant was arrested for disrupting Lloyd George speaking in Aberdeen. When she tried to get in to hear Ramsay MacDonald she was removed by 8 men. Fearless, she became a policewoman & later joined the Liberal Party for whom she lectured on social issues. Chapeau to Mary /3

We have TORIES too and we have to own that. Margaret Anderson ran anti-aircraft brigades in WWII. She went on to be the 1st women deputy speaker of the Commons. Florence Horsburgh organised organised children's evacuations in WW2. She was the 1st female in a Tory Cabinet. /4

Orcadian Florence Marian McNeill was a suffragette who worked in social research. A talented folklorist she collected recipes & wrote about traditions, in which she v much included women. in 1933 she was one of the founding members of the SNP and its first Vice President. /5

Another SNP founding member was artist Wendy Wood who in 1932 broke into Stirling Castle and removed the Union flag, replacing it with a Lion Rampant. in 1972 she went on hunger strike for Home Rule. How absolutely banging! Gaun Wendy. /6

In Scotland we have a whole tradition, by the way, of female political activists to be hugely proud of. I wrote about them in this thread: https://twitter.com/sarasheridan/status/1160127044065406976

We also have a bunch of foremothers who were absolute sheroes, defending our rights in the courts. So political. So inspiring. I wrote about them here: https://twitter.com/sarasheridan/status/1176756720464474112

Politics is tiring but our grannies fought actual fascists & stood up to sexism of proportions we can only imagine. We mustn't forget we come from amazing. They changed the world & so can we. It starts with voting. & Yes I wrote a book, of course I did https://www.amazon.co.uk/Where-are-Women-Imagined-Scotland/dp/1849172730/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=where+are+the+woman+by+sara+sheridan&qid=1575965583&sr=8-1

Quick Bonus and a personal one. Margo MacDonald was an independent who campaigned for assisted dying. I didn't always agree with her but I miss her in the world esp around election time. She was always kind to me and I loved her directness. #GeneralElection19

You know I could keep going, right? I mean WE ARE NOT SHORT OF AMAZING SCOTTISH WOMEN in our history. Say it. Shout it. Sing it. Live it. Be proud. #Feminism Now go and vote on Thursday with your head held high.