Scottish Women - Breitenbach, Esther; Fleming, Linda; Kehoe, Karly; Orr, Lesley
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'This is a superb collection destined to be widely used. Especially distinctive and valuable is the presentation of women's experiences almost entirely in their own words for the study of the nation's past.' Elizabeth Ewan, University of Guelph A sourcebook illustrating the experience of Scottish women from 1780 to 1914 Drawing on a wide range of source materials from across Scotland, this sourcebook provides new insights into women's attitudes to the society in which they lived, and how they negotiated their identities within private and public life. Organised in thematic chapters, it moves…mehr

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'This is a superb collection destined to be widely used. Especially distinctive and valuable is the presentation of women's experiences almost entirely in their own words for the study of the nation's past.' Elizabeth Ewan, University of Guelph A sourcebook illustrating the experience of Scottish women from 1780 to 1914 Drawing on a wide range of source materials from across Scotland, this sourcebook provides new insights into women's attitudes to the society in which they lived, and how they negotiated their identities within private and public life. Organised in thematic chapters, it moves from the private and intimate experiences of sexuality, health and sickness to Scotswomen's migrations across the British empire, illustrating many facets of women's lives - domesticity and waged work, defiance of law and convention, religious faith and respectability, political action and public influence. A range of fascinating and rich source material sheds new light on the lives of women across Scotland throughout the long 19th century, demonstrating the pervasiveness of discourses of appropriate feminine behaviour, but also women's subversion of this. It raises challenging questions for researchers about the identification of women's voices, where these have been muted by class, religion or ethnicity, while at the same time providing a methodology for uncovering these. Thought-provoking and innovative, this text provides an invaluable resource for students, teachers and researchers - enabling them to discover new ways of understanding the Scottish past and serving as a guide to redressing the gender imbalance of historical narratives. Dr Esther Breitenbach is Honorary Research Fellow in History at the University of Edinburgh. She has written widely on women in Scotland, and also on the impact of empire on Scottish society. Dr Linda Fleming is Research Fellow in History at the University of Edinburgh. Her research interests include the social and cultural history of 19th- and 20th-century Scotland. Dr S. Karly Kehoe is a lecturer in History at Glasgow Caledonian University. Her work concentrates on national identity, religion and gender in the 19th-century British World. Dr Lesley Orr is a feminist historian and activist. She is an Honorary Fellow in History at the University of Edinburgh. Her research interests encompass women and gender in Scottish religious history, feminism and social movements. Cover images, clockwise from top left: The Coming Woman, Cynicus (Martin Anderson), courtesy of Norman Watson. Family photograph, from a private collection of family photos with the permission of James and Christina Law. 'Ladies Round the World Tour', Dundee Courier, courtesy of D.C. Thomson & Co, Ltd, Dundee.. Emancipated! , Cynicus (Martin Anderson), courtesy of Norman Watson. Photograph album belonging to a student at the Women's Missionary College, courtesy of Lesley Orr. Letter by Christine McRitchie to her father, 1848, June 5, Melbourne, courtesy of the State Library of Victoria, MS 10233. Sampler © Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum. British Women's Temperance Association banner, Edinburgh Museums & Galleries: The Writers' Museum, image ref: B1793. Handwritten precognition against Thomas Wilson, Mary McVicar and Mary Bentley © The National Archives of Scotland. Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, reproduced by permission of the Franciscan Sisters, Glasgow. Cover design: [EUP logo] www.euppublishing.com
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Dr Esther Breitenbach is Honorary Research Fellow in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh. Previously Research Fellow in Social Policy, University of Edinburgh, she has held research and teaching posts in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology since 2007. Dr Linda Fleming is currently Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh. Her research interests include the social and cultural history of nineteenth and twentieth century Scotland. S. Karly Kehoe is the Canada Research Chair in Atlantic Canada Communities. Prior to coming to Saint Mary's, she lived and worked in Scotland. She is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society, a member of the Global Young Academy and the Royal Society of Canada's College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists, and an alumna of the Royal Society of Edinburgh's Young Academy of Scotland. Her primary research areas are religion, migration, and minority identities in the British Atlantic, but she is also interested in sustainable development and rural change in Nova Scotia and the Scottish Highlands Dr Lesley Orr is a feminist historian and activist. She has held teaching and research posts at the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh, and is currently an Honorary Fellow at the School of Classics, History and Archaeology, University and Edinburgh. She has served as a member of the steering committee of Women's History Scotland.