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*New* March Blog: Eleanor Peters

‘Screwdrivers, Scissors and Pliers’: The Electrical Association for Women in Interwar Scotland Happy International Women’s Day! This month Eleanor Peters, the Vice-convener of Women’s History Scotland, has written a blog that considers the place of gender and nationalism in discussions of electrical technology. The content of this blog is partly based on a paper Eleanor …

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February Blog: Alison McCall

Three Emigrants: Two Sisters and a Step-Mother This month Steering Committee member Alison McCall has written a blog that tells a fascinating story about her Highland family history. Alison provides insight into nineteenth-century emigration from the Scottish Highlands, questioning women’s motivations for leaving their home, and sometimes their husbands and families behind. Emigration from the …

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GWL Fundraising to Win Suffragette Medal at Auction

GWL Fundraising to Win Suffragette Medal at Auction WHS Steering Committee member Mairi Hamilton has written a timely blog regarding the current campaign to help Glasgow Women’s Library fundraise the purchase of a significant article of Scottish women’s history. Funded by the AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership, Mairi’s research examines narrative accounts of women’s experiences of …

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WHS Essay Prize 2021 – *Winner Announcement*

We are pleased to announce the winner of the WHS Leah Leneman Essay Prize for 2021 is Dr Lucie Duggan who is currently engaged in postdoctoral research in the Department for the Study of Culture at the University of Southern Denmark. The judges praised Lucie’s essay “The Chief Preservers of Ballad-Poetry”: Revisiting the Ballad Traditions of Scottish Women (18th century):  …

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