22nd June 2022 with Dr Hannah Telling, a seminar focusing on Women’s Violent Crimes in Scotland! Join us for this seminar our Summer Series, featuring Dr Hannah Telling with the paper titled: ‘“Villainous Harpies”: Women, everyday violence, and justice in…
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30th March 2022 – Dr Tanya Cheadle ‘Making Occultism Manly: Peter Davidson, Sex Magic and The Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor in Late-Victorian Northeast Scotland’
30th March 2022- LGBTQ+ History Month with Dr Tanya Cheadle Join us for the second seminar for LGBTQ+ History Month, within our Spring Series, featuring Dr Tanya Cheadle, with the paper titled: ‘Making Occultism Manly: Peter Davidson, Sex Magic and The…
23rd February 2022- LGBTQ+ History Month with Dr Tanya Cheadle
Join us for the second seminar for LGBTQ+ History Month, within our Spring Series, featuring Dr Tanya Cheadle, with the paper titled: ‘Sex Magic, Hybrid Masculinity and Male Selfhood in Scotland’s Late-Victorian Occult Revival’ Wednesday 9th February 2022 at 4pm…
[CANCELLED] 10th November: Dr Hannah Telling, “Villainous Harpies”: Women, everyday violence, and justice in Scotland, 1850-1914
Event Cancellation Due to illness, this seminar will unfortunately be postponed to a later date. More details regarding the rescheduling of this seminar will be forthcoming. Please do keep an eye out on our website, Twitter (@WomensHistNet), and Facebook page…
30th June: ‘Living as Man and Wife’: Women and Cohabitation in Scotland, 1560-1750
Wednesday, 30th June 2021, 4pm (UK) Dr Rebecca Mason, University of Glasgow Cohabitation, in very broad terms, can be defined as an arrangement in which an unmarried couple lives together in a long-term relationship that resembles a marriage. Throughout history,…
’12 Days of Christmas’ Quotes
‘I would advise no woman to give up anything she has managed to win. I would advise every woman to work as she can, and gain what she can, and keep it. No woman should be made to surrender her…
Ann Jones: Remarkable, But Unknown
Andrew Grant-Adamson Ann Jones was a remarkable 19th century woman. But no-one will have heard of her. Born in Ireland, the daughter of a regimental tailor, she was deserted by her wastrel first husband, built a successful business, went…
A Woman is a Person! Sophia Jex-Blake’s Historical Struggle
While searching the Senatus papers for information about the University’s higher certificate for women, I was astounded to come across what must be the very letter Jex-Blake wrote, so far unlisted. It was dated 17 July 1873 and signed by herself and 10 other ladies: Edith Pechey, A.R. Barker, Alice J.S. Ker, Elizabeth J. Walker, Agnes McLaren, Isa Foggo, Jane R. Robison, Elizabeth Vinson, Jane Massingberd-Mundy – all who are also known to have been prominent in the movement for female higher education and several in the female suffrage campaign.
Women’s History Month: Bedding Rituals in Scotland
Bedding rituals have been a popular part of a wedding in many parts of the world and can be found in societies dating back several thousand years. Although the nuances of the ritual vary from place to place, a bedding…