Tag: 19th century
Utopian socialist. Dangerous woman?
Jelena Vasiljević draws our attention to the life and work of Flora Tristan, 19th century pioneer of feminism and socialism.
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Elisabet Ney’s final sculpture
With her short story ‘Lady Macbeth’, Carly Brown transports us to the final years of 19th century feminist sculptor Elisabet Ney.
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Lady Florence Dixie and the dangerous women of Scottish women’s football
Margot McCuaig pays tribute to the women throughout history who have organised and played women’s football in Scotland in the face of condescension, opposition and even legal bans.
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Liubov Popova, Constructivism and politics as an artform
Sotiria Grek reflects on the role of women artists–with a focus on Liubov Popova–in the Russian avant-garde movement.
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‘Heinous’ child killer or vulnerable victim of her times?
Morag Allan Campbell imagines the final days of Jessie King, who in 1889 became the last woman to be executed in Edinburgh.
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The woman who fought for – and won – rights for married women in England
Francine Ryan demonstrates how Caroline Norton, a Victorian-era woman who ‘never pretended to the wild and ridiculous doctrine of equality’ campaigned for married women’s rights to child custody and property.
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‘A Fair Field and No Favour’
Jo Spiller admires the grit and fortitude of Sophia Jex-Blake, the Edinburgh Seven, and their campaign to secure women a University education.
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Writer, explorer, trailblazer
In the second of a series of posts from Scottish PEN (a centre of PEN International, the worldwide association of writers promoting literature and freedom of expression), Jenni Calder explores the life and writing of Isabella Bird.
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Subtle subversions of Victorian gender conventions
Laura Witz illustrates how one of Scotland’s most prolific writers, Margaret Oliphant, challenged 19th century society’s expectations of women via an unexpected route–the romance novel.
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