*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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New Programme for Spring/Summer 2024 WHS Online Socials

We are delighted to announce our new programme for the monthly WHS online socials after the Christmas break. Our WHS online socials are a fantastic way to connect with other members in a relaxed environment. We share research, rabbit holes, and much more! The refreshed format will allow an hour for an ‘activity’ followed by …

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*New Post* Out Gallivanting

Making a Splash! A Century of Women’s Beachwear at Aberdeen Art Gallery In our latest instalment of ‘Out Gallivating’, Alison T McCall shares her visit to Aberdeen Art Gallery’s temporary exhibition ‘Making a Splash!’, featuring beachwear from the Peggy Walker Gift. Peggy Walker spent her early childhood in the Aberdeenshire countryside until her family moved …

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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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** 2023 Leah Leneman Essay Prize Winner **

** 2023 Leah Leneman Essay Prize Winner ** Women’s History Scotland is pleased to announce the winner and runner-up for the 2023 Leah Leneman Essay Prize. The judges unanimously agreed on Wendy McGlashan’s essay, ‘”Women, destined by nature to be obedient, ought to be disciplined early to bear wrongs, without murmuring”: print culture, performance, and …

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1000th Memorial added to Mapping Memorials

On 28th November 1907, a new female suffrage organisation announced there results of its membership poll, the chosen name was the Women’s Freedom League. Today, 106 years later the Mapping Memorials to Women in Scotland project is delighted to announce that our 1000th memorial is a street in Dunfermline named after Women’s Freedom League activist, temperance campaigner …

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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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