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.
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
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
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)
Interviewee: Ruth Farquharson
Interview Date: 26/01/2017
Interview Location: Glasgow
Time: 01:05:04
Interviewer: Mairi Hamilton
Time period: 2000s
Groups: Glasgow East Women’s Aid
Roles: Board of Directors member, Company Secretary
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)
Interviewee: Anonymous
Recording Date: 14/01/2017
Recording Location: Edinburgh
Time: 00:41:51
Interviewer: Aoife Keenan
Time period: 1980s, 1990s
Groups: Scottish Women’s Aid
Roles: Training and development worker
Interviewee: Anonymous
Interview Date: 13/01/2017
Interview Location: Dundee
Time: 00:48:21
Interviewer: Sarah Browne
Time period: 2010s
Groups: Fife Women’s Aid
Roles: Domestic abuse survivor
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