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Category: Women’s History

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  • Storm clouds over the ruins of a cathedral

    Scotland’s Stormy Past

    03 August 2020, History, Women's History, Year of Coasts and Waters
  • Dolls and models depicting a procession of mystical figures riding unworldly horses. In the foreground a doll of a woman wrapped in a cloak strikes a dramatic pose.

    Conjuring up the Fairy Queen: The Art of Anne Carrick

    23 April 2020, Collections, Women's History
  • Aerial photo of Dirleton Castle taken by drone.

    The Dirleton Witch Hunts

    27 March 2020, History, Women's History
  • Artic explorer Isobel Hutchison poses with two Alaskan nurses wearing large fur hoods

    Isobel Wylie Hutchison: The Quiet Explorer

    24 March 2020, Heritage, News, Women's History, Year of Coasts and Waters
  • From Bruntsfield Links, view of a church with a large spire and tenement buildings.

    Mysterious buildings, hidden women, lost photos

    23 March 2020, Heritage, Women's History
  • The Hidden History of Domestic Abuse: Margaret Crawford’s Story

    06 March 2020, History, Women's History
  • Two Black women wearing historical garb

    The King’s Daughter and the ‘Moorish Lassies’

    16 October 2019, Black History, History, Women's History
  • Cropped image of the cover of Where Are the Women? featuring an illustration of a monument on an imagined map

    A Guide to an Imagined Scotland

    02 July 2019, Heritage, Women's History
  • A portrait photo of Lady Muir wearing a fur coat and pearl necklaces

    Margaret, Lady Moir: Champion of Women Engineers

    17 April 2019, History, Women's History, World Heritage
  • woman in renaissance costume looks through a stone archway

    Four memorable mothers from Scottish history

    28 March 2019, History, Women's History
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