Birth of Mary Macarthur

Mary Reid Macarthur was born on August 13, 1880, in Glasgow, Scotland. The eldest of three daughters to a family in the drapery business, she grew up surrounded by manufacturing and trade, which undoubtedly influenced her future endeavors as a leading trade unionist and suffragist. Her early life in a commercially active household provided her with insights into the challenges faced by workers, setting the stage for her life's work in unionism and labor reform, where she would become a pioneering female voice.