GREAT Dunfermline women who have left a lasting legacy will forever been known in the town thanks to new streets that will be named after them.

A spotlight was shone on the often untold stories of woman connected with Dunfermline who should not be forgotten last year at an exhibition at the Kingsgate Shopping Centre to mark International Women's Day.

The pop-up exhibition, which featured 20 profiles researched and written by the Dunfermline Women group, attracted more than 100 visitors and caught the attention of Councillor Ian Ferguson, who has added several women's names to the list of what will become Dunfermline's new streets.

In Dunfermline where a major development is being built north of Wellwood, a handful of streets will be called Nettie Dick Way, Jenny McCallum Way, Moira Shearer Drive and Anna Munro Avenue.

Nettie Dick (1912-88) was well-known for being involved heavily in the Guide movement and was also employed by Fife Education Authority to set up girls’ clubs in mining areas of West Fife.

In January 1947, Nettie joined the Carnegie Dunfermline Trust and took charge of Carnegie Youth Centre and she was instrumental in forging the friendship bond that saw Dunfermline twinned with the Norwegian city of Trondheim.

Jenny McCallum (1881-1946) was a suffragette and trade unionist who worked in a linen-weaving factory and was unusual in becoming a working-class woman who was active in the women’s suffrage movement. She helped organise many of West Fife's demonstrations and strikes.

Anna Munro was a socialist and temperance campaigner. She joined the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), which believed that women should have the right to vote, and Anna founded a branch in Dunfermline in 1906.

Though imprisoned in 1908 for attempting to lobby a cabinet minister, she was one of six women who walked the entire Edinburgh to London Women’s March.

Moira Shearer (1926-2006) was an internationally-renowned actress and ballet dancer who spent some of her education at Dunfermline High School.

After joining Sadler's Wells Ballet in 1942 she progressed rapidly and danced all the major classical roles, receiving international success appearing in her first film role in 1948, playing Victoria Page in the Powell & Pressburger ballet-themed film, The Red Shoes.

Her final film appearance was in A Simple Man in 1987. She also presented the Eurovision Song Contest when it came to the Usher Hall in Edinburgh in 1972.

Cllr Ferguson said: "Councillors get the choice to put forward street names as and when they are needed and after last year's event I decided I would put forward famous women.

"The only streets we have really are named after royal woman such as St Margaret but we're really lacking in the names of normal women who have made an impact.

"As well as the names for north of Wellwood, I've also put forward some for Townhill but we're not allowed to reveal who they are yet.

"But it will be good to see more women represented in the years to come."

The exhibition last year was part of the Dunfermline Great Place Project funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Following its success, this year the project is planning to celebrate International Women's Day with an online talk on Monday which will feature speakers from the Dunfermline Women group and the Dunfermline Abbey Churchyard group.

It will cover lesser-known stories from local women from the past and celebrate women making an impact today.

A webpage will also go live on Monday8 which features the profiles of Dunfermline Women, written by the members of the group.

To help out, Press readers have been encouraged to nominate their Dunfermline Women, and uncover more stories of local women which could then be added to the webpage.

Hayley Muir, project officer, said: "We were so encouraged by the impact of last year's exhibition, so although we can't do that again, we still wanted to celebrate.

"We are hoping that people will come along to bring some more suggestions as with the local studies department being closed, there is not much we can do to find out more about women from Dunfermline.

"A lot of women's stories don't get shared and International Women's Day is a good platform to tap into but at a local level."

The online talk will take place at 6.30pm on Monday. Visit https://www.facebook.com/GoDunfermline to find out more and sign up.