Project mapping memorials to women in Scotland still needs your help.

All over Scotland, in towns, villages and in the countryside, there are many types of memorials, large and small, commemorating the lives and achievements of women. Some names are well known, others have been forgotten.

All the women have contributed in some way to the life of the country we know today.

The Women of Scotland website was set up to record this information and make it available to all, and we need your help to find these memorials.

This map shows all the memorials to women in Scotland that have been mapped so far.

Click on the markers for more information, or find women and memorials in your area by using the search link.

There is also an A-Z list of all the women.

You can also sort the map for women in a particular profession or other keywords.

Perhaps you know of a memorial to a woman in your area that hasn’t been marked on the map?

Or maybe you know the story – or more about the story – behind a name?

Some of the records on this website are not complete – you can help by finding more about these memorials and the women they celebrate.

In 2011, Girlguiding Scotland took a lead in the search for Scotland’s women by encouraging their girls and young women to take part in ‘The Big Name Hunt’. The site has now been opened up for everyone to contribute information about memorials.

Help find the monuments, landmarks, street names and buildings that mark the lives and achievements of women (whether famous, humble or notorious) who helped to shape Scotland.

If you know of a memorial that isn’t on the map, or can add more information about a memorial or woman, please click here to sign up to the site. Once you have signed up, you can log in and add new memorials, help to improve locations and add information about the women being commemorated.

You can also let the site know about memorials and the women they commemorate by getting in touch by Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo., on Facebook or via Twitter.

Or if you have seen a memorial and taken a photograph, you can share your photo through the Flickr group.

This project has been developed by Women’s History Scotland, the Glasgow Women’s Library,  and Girlguiding Scotland.

Women’s History Scotland  exists to promote study and research in women’s and gender history, particularly for those working in Scotland or working on Scottish themes. It has a commitment to history at all levels and aims to provide a network of information and support to all.

The Glasgow Women’s Library celebrates the lives and achievements of women, and champions their contributions to Scotland’s culture. It is open to all, and is home to a lending library, archives and historical artefacts relating to women’s lives, histories and achievements.

It also provides an exciting range of events, activities, courses and workshops, from walking tours that explore the history of women in Glasgow to book readings by celebrated women authors.

Since it is Holocaust Memorial Day today, I decided to take a look at the life of one woman the site already covers.

Jane Haining, who trained in missionary work, travelled to Hungary in 1932 and became matron in the Girls’ Home of the Jewish Mission Girls’ Home in Budapest.

She visited her home, in Dunscore in Dumfriesshire, for the last time in 1939, and returned to Budapest, against Church of Scotland advice, saying that if the children needed her in days of sunshine, they had much more need of her in days of darkness.

When Hungary was occupied, Jane Haining was arrested by the Gestapo in April 1944 and taken to Auschwitz, the death camp in Poland. She died there on or about 17 July 1944, aged 47.

Scotland has three memorials to Jane Haining. There is a fourth in Jerusalem, where her life is commemorated in the Garden of the Righteous at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. She is the only Scot to be so honoured.