Special Guest Blogger on the Referendum – Rosalind Carr

With the Scottish independence referendum on Thursday, Rosalind Carr reflects on the metaphor of the family and divorce which has been employed by contemporary politicians and commentators on both sides of the debate in a historical context. Rosalind Carr, University of East London, has written book chapters and journal articles on women’s involvement in the …

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June 2014 – Guest Blogger Esther Breitenbach

Esther Breitenbach is a committee member of Women’s History Scotland, and has written widely about the lives of women in Scotland, both from the perspective of contemporary politics and policy and on historical themes. She is co-editor, with Linda Fleming, S. Karly Kehoe and Lesley Orr, of Scottish Women: A Documentary History, 1780-1914 (Edinburgh University …

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WHS Conference 2014 – Gender, Fitness and Sport

The Call for Papers for the Annual Conference is now released. The theme of the conference is Gender, Fitness and Sport. The conference will be held at the University of Abertay, Dundee on Friday 26th and Saturday 27th of September 2014. Professor Charlotte Macdonald has been confirmed as the keynote speaker for the Sue Innes …

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