Jean Cameron

Jean Cameron
Born1921/22
NationalityScottish
Occupationpostwoman
Years active1940s
EmployerGeneral Post Office now known as Royal Mail
Known forchanging the uniform for women postal workers to include trousers (named after her as 'Camerons')

Jean Cameron (b. 1921/22[1] – ), was a World War II Scottish rural postwoman who, at the age of 19, successfully challenged and changed the dress-code for postwomen to permit the wearing of trousers. The uniform trousers were known as 'Camerons' in her honour. Films were made on her successful action in 1944 and 2021. She is named in the Royal Mail 500 years archive (2017),[2][3] and in the Kirriemuir town (2021) community art project, Signs of Change.[4]

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  3. ^ Grand Tours of Scotland's Rivers - Series 1: 5. Going the Distance, retrieved 9 December 2021
  4. ^ Strachan, Graeme. "From wrestler Bill Dundee to pioneering postie Jean Cameron: Murals celebrate Kirriemuir trailblazers". The Courier. Retrieved 9 December 2021.