Deeds Not Words: The Story of Dr Elsie Inglis To mark the centenary of her death in 2017, Edinburgh councillors decided to name a street after Doctor Elsie Inglis, heroine of the First World War and an advocate…
Category: Women’s History
Glad To Be Gay: The Struggle for Legal Equality
LSE Library’s spring exhibition is Glad to be gay: the struggle for legal equality. It marks the pivotal piece of legislation, the Sexual Offences Act, and uses unique material from the Hall-Carpenter Archives and the Women’s Library collection to…
’12 Days of Christmas’ Quotes
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’12 Days of Christmas’ Quotes
Rowena Cade, creator of Minack Theatre, Cornwall. Rowena Cade is remembered by Tom Angrove, her ‘builders mate’ : ‘carrying single handed twelve 15 foot (4.5 metres) wooden beams from the shoreline right to the theatre. Customs men, looking for…
’12 Days of Christmas’ Quotes
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’12 Days of Christmas’ Quotes
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‘!2 Days of Christmas’ Quotes
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’12 Days of Christmas’ Quotes
Mary’s letter spoke of some of the pictures and cathedrals she had seen…I hardly know what swelled in my throat as I read her letter – such a vehement impatience of restraint and steady work. Such a strong wish for…