‘“To Build the New Jerusalem” Women’s claims to equal citizenship in Scottish church and nation, c.1918 – 1945′ Dr Lesley Orr Thursday 19 October 2017, 5.30pm, Martin Hall, New College, University of Edinburgh Sue Innes was an inspiring and influential historian, journalist and feminist activist. She was among the founding members of Women’s History Scotland …
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We are pleased to announce the winner of the WHS Leah Leneman Essay Prize for 2016 is Theresa Mackay (pictured below), who recently completed an MLitt in Highlands and Islands History at the University of the Highlands and Islands, supervised by Dr Elizabeth Ritchie. The competition again saw strong competition and we would like to …
[Images: top right © Scottish Women’s Aid Archive at Glasgow Women’s Library, bottom right © University of Glasgow Archive Services, DC127/22a] Women’s History Scotland Annual Conference: ‘Feminisms: Histories, Ideas & Practice’ [Please see the ‘Resources‘ section below for access to some of the powerpoint presentations from the day and link to the audio on Soundcloud] …
With less than two days to go until our fully booked conference at Glasgow Women’s Library on Friday (7th of September), we’re in full swing with the preparations! Our new publicity postcards arrived today and all the final preparations will be completed tomorrow. The event is fully booked and we’ve been overwhelmed by the response. …
Images: top right © Scottish Women’s Aid Archive at Glasgow Women’s Library, bottom right © University of Glasgow Archive Services, DC127/22a Women’s History Scotland are delighted to invite you to our annual conference – ‘Feminisms: Histories, Ideas & Practices’. We have a very exciting line-up of speakers exploring wide-ranging themes including feminist activism, material and …
Women’s History Scotland is now accepted abstracts for papers to be presented at the Annual Conference at the Glasgow Women’s Library on Friday 9th September 2016. The theme this year is Feminisms: Histories, Ideas and Practice. From the Medieval to the Modern Further particulars are available on the Call for Papers. WHS Call for Papers June …
The 2016 Leah Leneman Essay Prize competition for an essay in Scottish women’s or gender history is now open! Full details are available on the poster below. Any questions about the competition and the prize should be directed to Deborah Simonton at dsimonton[at]sdu.dk. The deadline for entries is Monday the 16th of December 2016. Please …
Why commemorate the 1915 Rent Strike? One hundred years ago women in Glasgow were celebrating securing the Rent Restrictions Act, passed by Lloyd George in December 1915. This followed months of protest against the rent increases they had been subjected to by their landlords which had resulted in a rent strike. Similar strikes were organised …
Registration for the Annual Conference in Aberdeen is now open. Details of the programme, conference fee and how to register is below. The Sue Innes Memorial Lecture is free. Saturday 31 October 2015 St Nicholas Room, Town House, Aberdeen Tea & coffee will be available in the St Nicholas Room from 11am. 11.45: Lindy Moore …
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 …
