This year to celebrate International Women’s Day, Library and Digital Assistant Alexandra Brummitt takes a closer look at the lives and works of some lesser-known feminist pioneers that lived in Leeds. International Women’s Day is held on March 8th every year and is a global celebration of the social, economic and political achievements of women….
Tag: Edith Pechey
LGBT+ History Month: Under the Scope at Leeds Libraries
This week we welcome Library and Digital Assistant Heather Edwards, who has written a fascinating article on a pioneer of medical history for LGBT+ History Month, told using books in the collections at our Central Library. Update: Since the publication of this article, Heather has written two sequels. Read them here: Part 2 and Part…
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