The Suffrage Oak

The Suffrage Oak
The Suffrage Oak in 2019 following its damage from Storm Ophelia
The Suffrage Oak is located in Central Glasgow
The Suffrage Oak
The Suffrage Oak
Glasgow, Scotland
SpeciesHungarian oak (Quercus frainetto)
Coordinates55°52′18″N 4°17′07″W / 55.8716°N 4.2854°W / 55.8716; -4.2854

The Suffrage Oak is a Hungarian oak tree (Quercus frainetto) in Kelvingrove Park in Glasgow, planted in 1918 by a number of female suffrage organisations to commemorate the passing on the Representation of the People Act in 1918. A plaque was added in 1995 by the Women's Committee of Glasgow City Council on International Women's Day. It was named Scotland's Tree of the Year in 2015 after being nominated by the Glasgow Women's Library.[1][2]

  1. ^ "European Tree of the Year". www.treeoftheyear.org. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Suffragette Oak is tree of the year". BBC News. 28 October 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2018.