Collection CM - Cathy McCormack Archive

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GB 1534 CM

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Cathy McCormack Archive

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  • 1982 - 2009 (Creation)

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3 boxes of folders

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Name of creator

(1952-2022)

Biographical history

Cathy McCormack (July 5th 1952 – present), is a Scottish grassroots activist based in EasterHouse, Glasgow, prominent for her involvement in local and international anti-poverty campaigns. Becoming part of the EastHall Residents Association (ERA) in 1982, McCormack began her activism through a Glasgow-wide Anti-Damp campaign, helping to tackle a chronic damp housing problem experienced in EasterHouse and other post-war housing schemes. McCormack’s continued campaigning in the 1990s led to her involvement in setting up the Scottish Public Health Alliance in 1992, her attendance as a Scottish representative at the United Nations Commission for Sustainable Development in 1994, and two study trips to Nicaragua and South Africa in 1992 and 1998. Today, McCormack still resides in Easterhouse Glasgow and is the author of a 2009 autobiography, ‘The Wee Yellow Butterfly’.

Archival history

Donated to Glasgow Women's Library by Cathy Mccormack in 2021.

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Collection is currently being catalogued, contact archivist for access at info@womenslibrary.org.uk

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  • English

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    GB1534 CM

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    GB1534

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