Jean Cameron

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.

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.

[5] As Glen Clova 'postie', Cameron had a long route and tough terrain to deliver mail, shopping and urgent telegrams, either by bicycle or on foot; she had to cross burns (streams) and stone stiles, as well as walking rough rocky paths or muddy bogs.

[6] A section on Cameron's impact on women's rights was included in a 2021 BBC documentary covering the river South Esk.

[4] In 2021, Cameron was described in a BBC documentary as having 'revolutionised female fashion in the workplace' and having described her ideal uniform requirements for the rough route she travelled in the glen, as 'a sturdy pair of breeks'.