Laura Paterson

Sue Innes Memorial Lecture 2015

This year’s Sue Innes Memorial lecture will be delivered by Dr Lesley Orr at the Town House, Aberdeen, at 2pm on Saturday 31 October 2015 “To Build the New Jerusalem”  Women’s claims to equal citizenship in church and nation in 20thC Scotland   All welcome!

Scottish Women’s Aid 40th Anniversary Heritage Project

It would be very helpful, not to mention much appreciated, if you were able to take just 5 mins to fill in this quick online Survey on the Scottish Women’s Aid 40th Anniversary Heritage Project.  Please see full details below and please also find the Survey link here: https://hps.typeform.com/to/fQkKnZ   If you were also able to disseminate this link and these …

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International Women’s Day

Happy International Women’s Day! Here are some interesting links from around the interwebs:           The history of International Women’s Day http://www.internationalwomensday.com/about.asp#.VPxHOHysWSp http://www.un.org/womenwatch/feature/iwd/history.html Events celebrating International Women’s Day http://womenslibrary.org.uk/event/march-of-women/ (This event has passed, but members of WHS were present – hopefully GWL will post pics from the event soon!) Why International Women’s Day is …

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Women’s History Scotland Leah Leneman Essay Prize 2014 – Results!

Women’s History Scotland Leah Leneman Essay Prize 2014   We are pleased to announce the winner and runner-up of the Leah Leneman Essay Prize for 2014. The winner is Alice Glaze, University of Guelph, with Lin Cunningham, University of Glasgow, as runner-up. The competition again saw a very strong competition and we would like to …

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