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GB 1534 SWA/4/41 · Item · 2017-05-08
Part of Scottish Women's Aid Collection

Interviewees: Betty Shepherd (BS), Louise Smith (LS) and Margaret Smith (MS)
Date: 08/05/2017
Location: Arbroath
Time: 01:10:30
Interviewer: Sarah Browne

Time period: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
Groups: Angus Women’s Aid
Roles: Betty Shepherd and Margaret Smith are founding members of Angus Women's Aid. Both are survivors of domestic abuse. Louise Smith is Margaret’s daughter and was in refuge as a child.

GB 1534 SWA/4/32 · Item · 2017-04-18
Part of Scottish Women's Aid Collection

Written testimony by Elaine McLaughlin, adapted from oral history interview.

Interviewee: Elaine McLaughlin
Interview Date: 18/04/2017
Interview Location: Hemat Gryffe Women’s Aid, Glasgow
Time: 00:22:16
Interviewer: Yvonne McFadden

Time period: 2000s, 2010s
Groups: Hemat Gryffe Women’s Aid
Roles: Finance worker, Project Administrator

GB 1534 SWA/4/31 · Item · 2017-04-10
Part of Scottish Women's Aid Collection

Interviewee: Anne Ryan & Margaret McLaren
Interview Date: 10/04/2017
Interview Location: Clydebank Women’s Aid Office
Time: Recording 1: 01:00:30
Interviewer: Yvonne McFadden

Time period: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
Groups: Clydebank Women’s Aid (both), Dumbarton Women’s Aid (MM), Argyll and Bute Women’s Aid (MM)
Roles: AR – finance worker, MM – unknown, both collective managers

GB 1534 SWA/4/40 · Item · 2017-02-08
Part of Scottish Women's Aid Collection

Interviewee: Jane Rubens
Interview Date: 08/02/2017
Interview Location: Edinburgh
Time: 00:47:49
Interviewer: Flora Pringle-Paterson

Time period: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s
Groups: Edinburgh Women’s Aid, Falkirk Women’s Aid, Scottish Women’s Aid
Roles: volunteer refuge worker, refuge worker (paid position), training worker (paid position)

GB 1534 SWA/4/11 · Item · 2017-01-20
Part of Scottish Women's Aid Collection

Interviewee: Hazel Bingham
Date: 20/01/2017
Location: East Ayrshire Women’s Aid
Time: 01:13:48
Interviewer: Elsa Rodeck

Time period: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s
Groups: Kilmarnock Women’s Aid, North Ayrshire Women’s Aid, Perthshire Women’s Aid, Scottish Women’s Aid, South Ayrshire Women’s Aid
Roles: Finance worker (Kilmarnock WA, North Ayrshire WA), coordinator (Kilmarnock WA), treasurer (SWA), manager (Perthshire WA, South Ayrshire WA)

Filmed Interviews
GB 1534 SWA/4/48 · File · 2016
Part of Scottish Women's Aid Collection

During the course of the Speaking Out: Recalling Women's Aid in Scotland project (2016-2017) eight interview were conducted with women involved in the Women's Aid movement in Scotland for a documentary to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the organisation. The film can be viewed here - https://womenslibrary.org.uk/discover-our-projects/speaking-out/speaking-out-film/.

Interviewees:
Kate Arnot
Rhona Brown
Jennifer Kerr
Mairi McAllister
Jean McKenzie
Anne Morrison
Girijamba Polubothu
Mridul Wadhwwa

GB 1534 SWA/4/26 · Item · 2016-12-21
Part of Scottish Women's Aid Collection

Interviewee: Lynne Frances Keys
Interview Date: 21/12/2016
Interview Location: Glasgow Women’s Library
Time: 00:44:44
Interviewer: Yvonne McFadden

Time period: 1980s
Groups: Strathkelvin Women’s Aid, Glasgow Women’s Aid
Roles: unpaid worker Strathkelvin, refuge worker Glasgow, survivor (lived in refuge in England)