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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 2d

we want @lse.library to be for everyone. Find out how we welcomed the @lsegender.bsky.social students with our womens history archives
www.instagram.com/p/DPdYxQ7jW2x/

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@womenslibrary.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social

image of tin change the world find out what gender students learnt at ls elibrary welcome.

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Dr Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth @carolinemccaff.bsky.social · 16d

Really chuffed with this review of my new book! @theartnewspaper.bsky.social www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/02/t...

The 19th-century heiress whose avid collecting was just part of a rich, scholarly life

The exceptional legacy of Lady Charlotte Schreiber, best known for her scholarly collecting of ceramics, is explored in a new biography

www.theartnewspaper.com

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Protests and Suffragettes @scotsuffragette.bsky.social · 8d

New P&S mural celebrates the #SuffrageOak planted in 1918 to mark the passing of the Representation of the People Act which gave some women the right to Vote. It's less than a block from the new #treeoftheyear! 🌳#ArgyleStAsh #yardworksglasgow

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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 9d

A place on LSE that makes you proud to be #partoflse
it marks the headquarters of the Womens Social and Political Union, founded to fight for votes for women.
@lsegender.bsky.social @scotsuffragette.bsky.social
@lsemedia.bsky.social @lseanthropology.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social

plaque marking the place of the wspu headquarters seen on building.

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Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · 8d

Women's History Today, the journal of the Women's History Network, is looking for new editorial team members.

Academics/independent scholars/PhD students with an interest in taking on a voluntary role, should contact Kate Murphy, Lead Editor, for more information: [email protected]

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 12d

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Evan @evansmithhist.bsky.social · 12d

Taking inspiration from @hpsvanessa.bsky.social and asking on this #DigitalFriday for any suggestions of new (or overlooked) online collections of radical historical documents to add my ever growing list!

hatfulofhistory.com/radical-onli...

radical online collections and archives

I am very interested in the growing amount of radical literature from around the world that is being scanned and digitised. As there are so many and from many different places, I thought it would b…

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Protests and Suffragettes @scotsuffragette.bsky.social · 12d

@hpsvanessa.bsky.social thnx for the repost 🙌
(& we’re a new follower, non-bot😇). pS thanks for the 5 o’clock pigeon 🕊️

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 12d

It's #DigitalFriday ! This is my routine appeal to #skystorians and all other academics prepping for teaching to share any software, hardware, online resources (primary, secondary, teaching tools, blogs) tips and tricks that they've found useful this week! #AcademicSky 🗃️(pls boost to relevant feeds)

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Perth Women on Wikipedia @perthwomenwiki.bsky.social · 12d

The @scotsuffragette.bsky.social Education Pack is brilliant for teaching Scotland's Suffrage History (secondary)

More on the Worksheets, Lesson Plans, and Teachers notes:
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Educational Resources

Educational Resources How many Scottish Suffragettes can you name? We worked for over a year to develop teaching resources on Scotland's Suffrage History, partnering with scholars to research activist...

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Protests and Suffragettes @scotsuffragette.bsky.social · 13d

🚨FLASH SALE on #Education Pack for #TEACHERS & #SCHOOLS 📚

SALE on all Educational Resources for the next fortnight – if yr a teacher in ExpressiveArts, History, or Moden Studies-OR-an HT or AdminNinja👇

💌Email or DM 4 details

You can also sponsor or help fund a Pack for a specific school or area🫶

Protests and Suffragettes @scotsuffragette.bsky.social · 13d

⏰⌛️We know Primary & Secondary school #teachers are pressed for time & need robustly researched, beautiful classroom tools –which is why we've made our #EducationPack as 'plug and play' as possible.

We worked w/ professional educators at Braw Talent to ensure the E's & O's align for P5 P6 S1 & S2s!

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Protests and Suffragettes @scotsuffragette.bsky.social · 13d

Did you know our 💥Scotland's Suffrage History Education Pack💥 has 70+ pages of Lesson Plans, Worksheets, and dynamic Presentation Slides?

👉That’s in addition to the 7 decks of Suffragette Playing Cards and Rent Strikers & Suffragettes ZINES!

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Protests and Suffragettes @scotsuffragette.bsky.social · 14d

📮We’re shipping Education Packs – & announcing a FLASH SALE📦💨

💌Email or DM for details

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More on all the Worksheets, Lesson Plans, and Teachers notes:
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Red box on scale at post office. Background posters etc from Post Office UK.

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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 14d

welcome to the LSE. Here is a well-loved place @lselibrary.bsky.social my favourite collection of women's library magazines. we have an amazing collection of print journals
www.lse.ac.uk/library/coll...

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Protests and Suffragettes @scotsuffragette.bsky.social · 20d

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Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 28d

“We have a new way of understanding the social history of post-war Scotland. Our book challenges and complicates stereotypes, especially of working-class life.”

Historians, Valerie Wright and Alistair Fair spoke to me about ‘Building Modern Scotland.’ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 www.thenational.scot/news/2545606...

Building of Scotland's modern towns explored in new book

Between the late 1940s and the 1960s, new towns were built in Scotland as part of a government-led programme to provide housing and jobs ...

www.thenational.scot

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Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 25d

This year’s Sue Innes Memorial Lecture at @womenshistscot.bsky.social conference given by @vawright10.bsky.social on ‘Housing as a ‘Women’s Issue’: Women and Housing Activism in Twentieth Century Scotland.

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Women's History Scotland @womenshistscot.bsky.social · 25d

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Women's History Scotland @womenshistscot.bsky.social · 25d

✨ Today’s the day! ✨

We’re so excited for the Women’s History Scotland 2025 Conference 🎉 A day dedicated to sharing research, stories, and conversations that highlight women’s voices across history

@ymcfadden.bsky.social @cheadletanya.bsky.social
@rlwilliamson.bsky.social
#WomensHistoryScotland

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Protests and Suffragettes @scotsuffragette.bsky.social · 25d

We’ve also bagged a copy of the NEW book on Chrystal MacMillan 🏆 by Helen Kay and Rose Pipes — which looks amaaazing!

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Protests and Suffragettes @scotsuffragette.bsky.social · 25d

We’re at Women’s History Scotland’s conference today @kinningparkcomplex — What an incredible lineup of scholars from across the UK & Europe🤩

We brought our #SuffragetteStall — looking fw to meeting folx we’ve been #fangirls of 4 years🤓

@womenshistscot.bsky.social

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Protests and Suffragettes @scotsuffragette.bsky.social · Aug 14

G morn 🦋! We’re prepping for a creative workshop tonight @womenslibrary w/ @youngwomansmovement — where we’ll be creating posters about the amazing Bessie Watson!

Enjoying this article about her👇—

The incredible life story of the "Suffragette Piper Girl" threadinburgh.scot/2023/08/31/t...

The thread about Bessie Watson, the incredible life story of the “Suffragette Piper Girl”

In June 1911, just 5 days before the coronation of King George V, a little 11 year old girl playing the bagpipes led out a contingent of Scottish suffragettes in London. That girl was Bessie Watson…

threadinburgh.scot

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Protests and Suffragettes @scotsuffragette.bsky.social · Aug 3

Sadly we couldn't stay on for Mary B's birthday party this evening, but we got a sneaky peek of the cake 😍

Birthday cake with image of Mary Barbour against a pride flag background.

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Protests and Suffragettes @scotsuffragette.bsky.social · Aug 3

Fab day at Barbourfest today, so many powerful speakers and food for thought. The spirit of Mary Barbour lives on in women and communities who continue to resist injustice, war and inequality 💪

Table covered in information, stickers, badges and raffle prizes at Barbourfest in Glasgow.

Slide with images of women protesting, cooking, teaching and resisting with the headline Mary Barbours all over Palestine.

Two women from Living Rent presenting at Barbourfest in Glasgow.

Two women from ROSA presenting at Barbourfest in Glasgow.

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Protests and Suffragettes @scotsuffragette.bsky.social · Aug 3

On our way to Barbourfest today to share how we've been celebrating the historic housing activism of Mary Barbour and her Rent Strike comrades. Excited to hear from other speakers - RoSA, Romano Lav, Living Rent, RS21 Edinburgh 💪

Description of Protests and Suffragettes project against a background of Glasgow Rent Strikes.

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