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Tag: International Women’s Day

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International Women’s Day 2022

8 March 2022 Katie Halsey Books, Borrowers

Today, 8 March, 2022 is International Women’s Day, and I’m therefore going to take the opportunity to reflect a little,[…]

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Women Borrowers at Westerkirk Library

22 March 2021 Alex Deans Borrowers

To mark Women’s History Month, we’re running a series of blogs to highlight the women who wrote and borrowed the[…]

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Title page: Fragments of ancient poetry, collected in the Highlands of Scotland, and translated from the Galic [sic] or Erse language (Edinburgh, 1769)

Seeking the Sublime: Elizabeth Montagu in Scotland, August 1766

15 March 2021 Kit Baston Books

Cuchullin sat by Tura’s wall; by the tree of the rustling leaf.—His spear leaned against the mossy rock. His shield[…]

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Leighton Water Drinkers Register, p.1: Mrs Dalzell’s Borrowings

Women Borrowers

8 March 2021 Katie Halsey Borrowers

Today is International Women’s Day, and so I have been reflecting on the women in our records. I thought I[…]

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