Anabel Marsh
@glasgowgallivanter.bsky.social
Retired librarian, traveller, and women's history enthusiast. Blogs at glasgowgallivanter.com She/her.
Commission an immediate public inquiry to ensure we never see a tragic death like Dr Arday's again. goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1
Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Tragically, Jason Arday has died after a vicious press campaign over the last few weeks. The Government must urgently launch an inquiry into the rotten culture of the press, and any role it had in his death: hackedoff.org/campaign-actions/demand-an-inquiry-into-the-culture-of-the-press
Demand an inquiry into the culture of the press
Jason Arday died after being relentlessly hounded by the press. Demand an inquiry into press culture now.
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📜 New on the blog! Paul Sutherland explores a fascinating 1729 childbirth inquiry in the Kirk Session records, examining the testimony of local women. What is revealed about women’s knowledge, childbirth and midwifery in early 18th-century Scotland? 🔗 womenshistoryscotland.org/2026/08/08/c...
“Cannot Affirm Any Thing”: Women’s Testimony and Childbirth at Chappellhill, 1729 – Women's History Scotland
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Women are not to be eclipsed! cartoon @lselibrary.bsky.social Votes for Women April 12, 1912. on 17/4/12 there was a solar Eclipse digital.library.lse.ac.uk/Documents/De... #eclipse @lsegender.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social @scotsuffragette.bsky.social
Every picture tells a story... Back in 2018, I spotted this 1879 oil on canvas of the 'White House' and Maryhill Locks, signed A M Law, going up for sale at Great Western Auctions. The painting, a wee bit dirty and careworn, was estimated at £40-£60.
🖼️ New exhibition alert! Every picture tells a story, but you have to look closely to find it. That's exactly what we did with one painting from 1879, and it turned out to hold far more than we expected. The exhibition opens this Thursday and has been put together with @ScottishCanals.
Here's what's on this August, Maryhillians! ☀️ A look at what we've got planned across both the Halls and The Whitehouse this month. Full details in the newsletter at this link: shorturl.at/xfkPZ
Privileged to be at the opening of @glasgowcoa.bsky.social’s exhibition at the City Chambers this morning, showing just some of Caroline’s 4500 pictures of different representations of Glasgow’s Coat of Arms. On for three weeks - hurry along! The City Chambers itself is always worth gawping at too.
The Fight Against Misogyny Didn't Begin Today When Scottish suffragettes took to the streets, chained themselves to railings, endured imprisonment and hunger strikes, it wasn’t simply demanding the vote.
Alexandra Mary Geddes, later Mona Chalmers Watson CBE, first woman to graduate from Edinburgh with MD. Head of Women's Army Aux Corps in WWI. A suffragette herself, she treated suffragette prisoners on release from Perth Prison. One of our #Perth Women on #Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Ch...
Mona Chalmers Watson (1872 - 1936) | Alumni Services | Alumni
Scottish physician, head of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, and the first woman to receive an MD from the University of Edinburgh.
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Surgeons' Hall Museum@surgeonshall.bsky.social · last mo.This silver Medal from the 'Medical College for Women Edinburgh' awarded for Botany during the session of 1892, was awarded to A. Mary C. Geddes during her medical studies in Edinburgh in the 1890s.
Part of the Barras Markets in Glasgow has been renamed this weekend in honour of its founder, Margaret McIver 👉 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
These mosaics of fire and water mark the site of the execution of Grizzel Jaffray in 1669. A victim of the Scottish witch trials, she was accused of being a 'spaewife' and burned at the stake on Peter Street, Dundee #MosaicMonday
Ready for the next Connected Community talk? We are so pleased to host Anabel Marsh to tell us the stories of some of Maryhill's most iconic women. 📍 Maryhill Burgh Halls 🗓️ Mon 27th July, from 6pm 🎟️Book your place: shorturl.at/CAaNg
Hey Andy Burnham! A new Prime Minister means a chance to choose a different path. For too long, refugees have been used as political scapegoats while hostile rhetoric has divided communities & harmful policies have made it harder for people seeking safety to rebuild their lives.
The spires on the central pavillion of the 1913 David Stow building at the former Jordanhill Teacher Training College in the west of Glasgow surrounding a crow-stepped gable. #glasgow #jordanhill #architecture #architecturephotography
JKR and her new org apparently helped get the new Amnesty International report on how TERF organizations destroy lives taken down from their site. Well, guess what? The Streisand Effect is real. Here's the entire report in a thread. Read it. Share it.
Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · last mo.Amnesty International put out a major report documenting the influence of UK based anti trans gender critical organizations and their funding. Within hours, GC groups threatened defamation lawsuits and Amnesty was forced to pull it down. Proving the point they're anti rights. Anyways, here it is.
My latest Patreon goodies from @scotsuffragette.bsky.social have arrived! I feel they know me quite well …
Maryhill Against Racism has called an emergency public meeting in response to the recent violent attacks in Belfast, Glasgow and Edinburgh and we're proud to open our doors and host it. Maryhill is one of Glasgow's most diverse communities. We want our neighbours to know: you are not alone,..
Libraries are for everyone. Since when could politicians hijack this?
EXCLUSIVE: A powerful new documentary by queer refugee filmmakers that explores what it's like to be forced to flee for your life because of who you love and how they’ve been welcomed in Scotland has premiered
New documentary gives voice to LGBT+ refugees finding safety in Scotland
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