Where are the Women? by Sheridan, Sara
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A reimagined gazetter of Scotland, where male-centric names and places have been replaced with female ones.
Includes a chapter on Orkney (pages 365 - 388) highlighting many women, either Orcadian or with connections to Orkney, including Eliza Anne Fraser, Margaret Humphrey, Margaret Gardiner, Sylvia Wishart, Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, Marjory Skea, Mary Brunton, Mrs Flett (Stromness Museum), Gunnie Moberg, Isobel Gunn, Marjorie Linklater, Anne Gilchrist, Ingebjork, Helgi, Westray Wife, Elizabeth Miller, Thora, Christina Costie, Ann Scott-Moncrieff, Margaret Tait, Margaret Graham, Sheena Graham-George, Alison Balfour, Ingebjorg Thorfinn, Bina Cursiter, Laura Grimond, various viking women, Hettie Scott, Florence Marian McNeill, Margaret Maid of Norway, Betty Corrigall, Bet Low, Bessie Grieve, Elaine Bullard.
Includes a quote at the beginning of the chapter by Amy Liptrot.A Guide to an Imagined Scotland
TitleWhere are the Women? by Sheridan, Sara
Author
Place of publicationEdinburgh
Year of publication2019
MaterialBook
ISBN9781849172738
NotesClass number: Orkney Room 941.1