From The Aberdeen Pirate Thurs Nov 29 1832. (RAD012)Political ballads, set to well-known tunes, were popular during the nineteenth century. This electioneering song discussing Aberdeenshire Whig candidates, is anti-Tory in sentiment.To the tune of…

The Bon-Accord Reporter belonged to the Liberal/Radical movement. In this editorial, the writer suggests that Chartists don't believe that the unemployed should practice self-help. Instead, they blame parliament and the aristocracy for unemployment.…

These political cartoons refer to women's suffrage in Aberdeen in the 1900s.

Aberdeen's women suffragists were not particularly militant. However, in May 1913, the new annexe to Ashley Road School went on fire, and the blame was pinned firmly on militant women suffragists: women's footprints were found around the scene of the…

A series of articles from the Aberdeen Daily Journal, between January 1907 and July 1914, relating to women's suffrage.

These five images come from an open-air meeting held at Laurencekirk mart in April 1908. In this month, a series of open-air meetings were held in Kincardineshire and Aberdeen, from Auchenblae to Aberdeen Fish Market. They were addressed by Miss Mary…

The case for votes for women is put by a woman. She points out that women want the vote for the same reasons as men did. It is ridiculous that a female landowner cannot vote whilst her male servant can. Women pay rates and income tax but do not have…

Two images of James Leatham. In the second, Provost Leatham is first on the left, beside his wife.

The obituary describes Leatham as ‘prophet, publicist, pioneer and printer’ and points out that he had a ‘practical outlook’.

J. Ramsay MacDonald praises the Gateway. In common with many other correspondents, MacDonald points out that although he does not often agree with everything that Leatham publishes, he still admires the quality of it. He also suggests that Leatham…