Perth Women on Wikipedia
@perthwomenwiki.bsky.social
Group of editors and trainers partnering with library staff to bring the under-told histories of Perth's women to Wikipedia. Aiming to be inclusive and intersectional 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Changing the world in small and important ways!
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0ur next Wikipedia drop-in is Saturday 31 October 10-12 at Cafè St Paul's (behind St Paul's Church) #Perth
Wikipedia editors and local researchers of all genders and levels of experience welcome. Come for a cuppa and a chat, a bit of peer support, or some editing time.
Hope to see you there!
Wikipedia editors and local researchers of all genders and levels of experience welcome. Come for a cuppa and a chat, a bit of peer support, or some editing time.
Hope to see you there!
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🕖 Wednesday 7 October, 7pm
📍 @lighthousebks.bsky.social, Edinburgh
Celebrate the release of Black Lives in Scotland with stories drawn from centuries of Black Scottish history! This event offers a powerful new perspective on Scotland's past and present.
🔖Book tickets:
📍 @lighthousebks.bsky.social, Edinburgh
Celebrate the release of Black Lives in Scotland with stories drawn from centuries of Black Scottish history! This event offers a powerful new perspective on Scotland's past and present.
🔖Book tickets:
Lighthouse | Black Lives in Scotland: Jeanette R. Davidson shares our stories
EventBlack Lives in Scotland: Jeanette R. Davidson shares our storiesTime:Wednesday, 7 October 2026 : 19:00 - 20:00Location:Lighthouse Bookshop, 43-45 West Nicolson Street, Edinburgh EH8 9DBBook NowIn Person TicketsGetting Event Ticket Data Online Tickets (How to watch online)Please Sign in Or Signu...
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October 5, 2026 at 12:31 PM
🕖 Wednesday 7 October, 7pm
📍 @lighthousebks.bsky.social, Edinburgh
Celebrate the release of Black Lives in Scotland with stories drawn from centuries of Black Scottish history! This event offers a powerful new perspective on Scotland's past and present.
🔖Book tickets:
📍 @lighthousebks.bsky.social, Edinburgh
Celebrate the release of Black Lives in Scotland with stories drawn from centuries of Black Scottish history! This event offers a powerful new perspective on Scotland's past and present.
🔖Book tickets:
0ur next Wikipedia drop-in is Saturday 31 October 10-12 at Cafè St Paul's (behind St Paul's Church) #Perth
Wikipedia editors and local researchers of all genders and levels of experience welcome. Come for a cuppa and a chat, a bit of peer support, or some editing time.
Hope to see you there!
Wikipedia editors and local researchers of all genders and levels of experience welcome. Come for a cuppa and a chat, a bit of peer support, or some editing time.
Hope to see you there!
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October 5, 2026 at 11:34 AM
0ur next Wikipedia drop-in is Saturday 31 October 10-12 at Cafè St Paul's (behind St Paul's Church) #Perth
Wikipedia editors and local researchers of all genders and levels of experience welcome. Come for a cuppa and a chat, a bit of peer support, or some editing time.
Hope to see you there!
Wikipedia editors and local researchers of all genders and levels of experience welcome. Come for a cuppa and a chat, a bit of peer support, or some editing time.
Hope to see you there!
Reminder: our Wikipedia drop-in is this Saturday 26 Sept @ 10am - with a little difference! We'll walk around #Perth taking photos of local landmarks for #WikiLovesMonuments Then we'll head back to Cafè St Paul's (behind St Paul's Church) and upload them to Wikimedia Commons. Hope to see you there!
September 24, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Reminder: our Wikipedia drop-in is this Saturday 26 Sept @ 10am - with a little difference! We'll walk around #Perth taking photos of local landmarks for #WikiLovesMonuments Then we'll head back to Cafè St Paul's (behind St Paul's Church) and upload them to Wikimedia Commons. Hope to see you there!
Such a treat to see @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social live at the #Edinburgh Fringe! I was sure the room would be full of nerdy editors like me but actually there were only a handful of us, and the rest were just very enthusiastic #Wikipedia readers who've discovered the joys of rabbit holes!
August 24, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Such a treat to see @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social live at the #Edinburgh Fringe! I was sure the room would be full of nerdy editors like me but actually there were only a handful of us, and the rest were just very enthusiastic #Wikipedia readers who've discovered the joys of rabbit holes!
Reminder - next Wikipedia meet-up is this Saturday!
Our next Wikipedia editing meet-up will be on Saturday 29 August 10-12 at Café St. Paul's
As always, all genders are welcome - just don't forget your laptop!
⏱️ 10-12
📌 Saturday 25 July
☕️ Café St Paul's (behind St Paul's Church on Methven St) #Perth
As always, all genders are welcome - just don't forget your laptop!
⏱️ 10-12
📌 Saturday 25 July
☕️ Café St Paul's (behind St Paul's Church on Methven St) #Perth
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August 24, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Reminder - next Wikipedia meet-up is this Saturday!
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Today is the 180th anniversary of Elsie Inglis's birth. She obtained the Triple Qualification in medicine in 1892, founded a maternity hospital in Edinburgh, spoke at suffrage events organized by Milicent Fawcett, and during WWI created the Scottish Women's Hospitals.
#WomenInSTEM #MedSky ⚕️
#WomenInSTEM #MedSky ⚕️
August 16, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Today is the 180th anniversary of Elsie Inglis's birth. She obtained the Triple Qualification in medicine in 1892, founded a maternity hospital in Edinburgh, spoke at suffrage events organized by Milicent Fawcett, and during WWI created the Scottish Women's Hospitals.
#WomenInSTEM #MedSky ⚕️
#WomenInSTEM #MedSky ⚕️
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#Feminist Friday from Kirsten MacQuarrie
💬 What does feminist community mean to you?
Meet Kirsten MacQuarrie – Sector Development Manager for CILIPS, Scottish novelist, poet and writer whose work shines a light on the lives of women who have too often been overlooked by history.
💬 What does feminist community mean to you?
Meet Kirsten MacQuarrie – Sector Development Manager for CILIPS, Scottish novelist, poet and writer whose work shines a light on the lives of women who have too often been overlooked by history.
August 14, 2026 at 2:49 PM
#Feminist Friday from Kirsten MacQuarrie
💬 What does feminist community mean to you?
Meet Kirsten MacQuarrie – Sector Development Manager for CILIPS, Scottish novelist, poet and writer whose work shines a light on the lives of women who have too often been overlooked by history.
💬 What does feminist community mean to you?
Meet Kirsten MacQuarrie – Sector Development Manager for CILIPS, Scottish novelist, poet and writer whose work shines a light on the lives of women who have too often been overlooked by history.
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Historian looking for freelance work. I’m a very experienced RA, I’m looking for anything really that might help me pay my bills, because in general my profession does not, and no one will let me try doing anything else…
August 14, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Historian looking for freelance work. I’m a very experienced RA, I’m looking for anything really that might help me pay my bills, because in general my profession does not, and no one will let me try doing anything else…
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Wiki Women+ Summit at Wikimania! Here's a taster from my TikTok, serious day tho: existential threats to open knowledge, harassment, bullying, impact on mental health ...
some sunshine tho, inc. a new tool to calculate the gender gap
wiki-gender-stats.toolforge.org
@wikimediafoundation.org
some sunshine tho, inc. a new tool to calculate the gender gap
wiki-gender-stats.toolforge.org
@wikimediafoundation.org
July 22, 2026 at 6:05 AM
Wiki Women+ Summit at Wikimania! Here's a taster from my TikTok, serious day tho: existential threats to open knowledge, harassment, bullying, impact on mental health ...
some sunshine tho, inc. a new tool to calculate the gender gap
wiki-gender-stats.toolforge.org
@wikimediafoundation.org
some sunshine tho, inc. a new tool to calculate the gender gap
wiki-gender-stats.toolforge.org
@wikimediafoundation.org
Update from the #Editarésunacted'amor residency. Taking part in a #Wikipedia editathon themed around the #eclipse due in Catalunya this week. I translated part of an article on Bonnie Tyler's Total Eclipse of the Heart into #Catalan (with lots of help!)
ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_E...
ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_E...
August 12, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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Commons Across Cultures is a collaborative campaign to bring new content into Wikimedia Commons. By signing up, you'll receive regular prompts to upload photos or other media tailored specifically to your interests 📸🐦📜🏛️
The campaign runs 1–30 Sept 2026 and registration is open now 🔗 w.wiki/SU9e
The campaign runs 1–30 Sept 2026 and registration is open now 🔗 w.wiki/SU9e
August 11, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Commons Across Cultures is a collaborative campaign to bring new content into Wikimedia Commons. By signing up, you'll receive regular prompts to upload photos or other media tailored specifically to your interests 📸🐦📜🏛️
The campaign runs 1–30 Sept 2026 and registration is open now 🔗 w.wiki/SU9e
The campaign runs 1–30 Sept 2026 and registration is open now 🔗 w.wiki/SU9e
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'Common Poppies',c.1852 by Anna Atkins, UK pioneer in botany and photography whose photographs created by cyanotype process were among the first ever to be published #womensart
August 12, 2026 at 4:50 AM
'Common Poppies',c.1852 by Anna Atkins, UK pioneer in botany and photography whose photographs created by cyanotype process were among the first ever to be published #womensart
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Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust: Strategic Plan Public Consultation docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust: Strategic Plan Public Consultation
Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust are an independent charity that works with communities and partners to conserve, celebrate and enhance the heritage of Perth and Kinross. Recently, we met to decide th...
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August 11, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust: Strategic Plan Public Consultation docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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💻 Una desena d'investigadores, artistes i activistes debaten sobre les plataformes de coneixement compartit
🎙️ Montse Soto | @radio4rne.bsky.social @amicalwikimedia.bsky.social
📻 rtve.es/a/17184936
🎙️ Montse Soto | @radio4rne.bsky.social @amicalwikimedia.bsky.social
📻 rtve.es/a/17184936
Residència de viquipedistes fins al 16 d'agost
En el marc del 25è aniversari de la Viquipèdia, el Konvent de Cal Rosal posa en valor la feina del editors de l'enciclopèdia més gran mai escrita
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August 9, 2026 at 11:52 AM
💻 Una desena d'investigadores, artistes i activistes debaten sobre les plataformes de coneixement compartit
🎙️ Montse Soto | @radio4rne.bsky.social @amicalwikimedia.bsky.social
📻 rtve.es/a/17184936
🎙️ Montse Soto | @radio4rne.bsky.social @amicalwikimedia.bsky.social
📻 rtve.es/a/17184936
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'Where are the Women?' by @sarasheridan.bsky.social is a guide to an imagined Scotland where historic women are recognised and celebrated.
www.sarasheridan.com/where-are-th...
www.sarasheridan.com/where-are-th...
Where are the Women? (2019) — Sara Sheridan
www.sarasheridan.com
August 10, 2026 at 7:00 AM
'Where are the Women?' by @sarasheridan.bsky.social is a guide to an imagined Scotland where historic women are recognised and celebrated.
www.sarasheridan.com/where-are-th...
www.sarasheridan.com/where-are-th...
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This is an ongoing reminder that several feminist organisations oppose the UK’s attempt to segregate trans people in public life and challenge “gender critical” politics because it is antithetical to women’s rights.
Pubic Service Announcement
The Vagina Museum is trans inclusive. Always has been, always will be.
Today the new EHRC Code of Practice comes into effect. Let us be clear, the guidance changes nothing about how we operate.
The Vagina Museum is trans inclusive. Always has been, always will be.
Today the new EHRC Code of Practice comes into effect. Let us be clear, the guidance changes nothing about how we operate.
August 5, 2026 at 11:40 AM
This is an ongoing reminder that several feminist organisations oppose the UK’s attempt to segregate trans people in public life and challenge “gender critical” politics because it is antithetical to women’s rights.
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So a quick few words about my public history column in the National. I cover history, historians and heritage in and from Scotland. It’s believed to be the only such column in the Scottish media, and regularly features the fascinating work of historians of which you otherwise might not hear…
August 6, 2026 at 8:49 PM
So a quick few words about my public history column in the National. I cover history, historians and heritage in and from Scotland. It’s believed to be the only such column in the Scottish media, and regularly features the fascinating work of historians of which you otherwise might not hear…
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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.
When Scottish suffragettes took to the streets, chained themselves to railings, endured imprisonment and hunger strikes, it wasn’t simply demanding the vote.
August 4, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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.
When Scottish suffragettes took to the streets, chained themselves to railings, endured imprisonment and hunger strikes, it wasn’t simply demanding the vote.
So lucky to get a place on #EditingAsAnActOfLove Wikipedia residency with @artandfeminism.bsky.social @amicalwikimedia.bsky.social in the beautiful setting of Cal Rosal #Catalunya
Here's a🧵of the what I've worked on so far with 📷of the space in an old convent building!
Here's a🧵of the what I've worked on so far with 📷of the space in an old convent building!
August 5, 2026 at 5:20 PM
So lucky to get a place on #EditingAsAnActOfLove Wikipedia residency with @artandfeminism.bsky.social @amicalwikimedia.bsky.social in the beautiful setting of Cal Rosal #Catalunya
Here's a🧵of the what I've worked on so far with 📷of the space in an old convent building!
Here's a🧵of the what I've worked on so far with 📷of the space in an old convent building!
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Euphemia Culbert Cunningham OBE BEM #WWI munitions worker at HM Factory Gretna (aka Devils Porridge} 1st person from Edinburgh awarded Medal of Order of British Empire for bravery in rescuing injured workers during explosion in cordite factory. d. #OTD 2 Aug 1989 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemi...
August 2, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Euphemia Culbert Cunningham OBE BEM #WWI munitions worker at HM Factory Gretna (aka Devils Porridge} 1st person from Edinburgh awarded Medal of Order of British Empire for bravery in rescuing injured workers during explosion in cordite factory. d. #OTD 2 Aug 1989 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemi...
Our next Wikipedia editing meet-up will be on Saturday 29 August 10-12 at Café St. Paul's
As always, all genders are welcome - just don't forget your laptop!
⏱️ 10-12
📌 Saturday 25 July
☕️ Café St Paul's (behind St Paul's Church on Methven St) #Perth
As always, all genders are welcome - just don't forget your laptop!
⏱️ 10-12
📌 Saturday 25 July
☕️ Café St Paul's (behind St Paul's Church on Methven St) #Perth
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August 2, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Our next Wikipedia editing meet-up will be on Saturday 29 August 10-12 at Café St. Paul's
As always, all genders are welcome - just don't forget your laptop!
⏱️ 10-12
📌 Saturday 25 July
☕️ Café St Paul's (behind St Paul's Church on Methven St) #Perth
As always, all genders are welcome - just don't forget your laptop!
⏱️ 10-12
📌 Saturday 25 July
☕️ Café St Paul's (behind St Paul's Church on Methven St) #Perth
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...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Ch...
July 29, 2026 at 7:59 AM
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...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Ch...
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If the Suffragettes were active today, there is not a shadow of a doubt that Keir Starmer's government would have banned them as a terrorist group, and insisted there are plenty of other ways in which women can register their dissent. Why don't they write letters to their MPs?
June 16, 2026 at 6:05 AM
If the Suffragettes were active today, there is not a shadow of a doubt that Keir Starmer's government would have banned them as a terrorist group, and insisted there are plenty of other ways in which women can register their dissent. Why don't they write letters to their MPs?
Excited to see this taking place in Perth. Definitely of interest to PWOW members
📢 We are delighted to announce that the speaker for our annual Sue Innes Memorial Lecture is historian of Scottish emigration, Professor Marjory Harper!
📅 Saturday 24 October
🕑 2.00–3.30pm
📍 AK Bell Library, Perth
🎟️ Reserve your place via Ticket Tailor:
www.tickettailor.com/events/women...
📅 Saturday 24 October
🕑 2.00–3.30pm
📍 AK Bell Library, Perth
🎟️ Reserve your place via Ticket Tailor:
www.tickettailor.com/events/women...
Select tickets – Women's History Scotland Sue Innes Memorial Lecture with Marjory Harper – Soutar Theatre, AK Bell Library, York Place, Perth
Women's History Scotland Sue Innes Memorial Lecture with Marjory Harper – Soutar Theatre, AK Bell Library, York Place, Perth, Sat 24 Oct 2026 - Join Women's History Scotland for our annual Sue Innes M...
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July 28, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Excited to see this taking place in Perth. Definitely of interest to PWOW members
Reposted by Perth Women on Wikipedia
📢 We are delighted to announce that the speaker for our annual Sue Innes Memorial Lecture is historian of Scottish emigration, Professor Marjory Harper!
📅 Saturday 24 October
🕑 2.00–3.30pm
📍 AK Bell Library, Perth
🎟️ Reserve your place via Ticket Tailor:
www.tickettailor.com/events/women...
📅 Saturday 24 October
🕑 2.00–3.30pm
📍 AK Bell Library, Perth
🎟️ Reserve your place via Ticket Tailor:
www.tickettailor.com/events/women...
Select tickets – Women's History Scotland Sue Innes Memorial Lecture with Marjory Harper – Soutar Theatre, AK Bell Library, York Place, Perth
Women's History Scotland Sue Innes Memorial Lecture with Marjory Harper – Soutar Theatre, AK Bell Library, York Place, Perth, Sat 24 Oct 2026 - Join Women's History Scotland for our annual Sue Innes M...
www.tickettailor.com
July 25, 2026 at 6:37 AM
📢 We are delighted to announce that the speaker for our annual Sue Innes Memorial Lecture is historian of Scottish emigration, Professor Marjory Harper!
📅 Saturday 24 October
🕑 2.00–3.30pm
📍 AK Bell Library, Perth
🎟️ Reserve your place via Ticket Tailor:
www.tickettailor.com/events/women...
📅 Saturday 24 October
🕑 2.00–3.30pm
📍 AK Bell Library, Perth
🎟️ Reserve your place via Ticket Tailor:
www.tickettailor.com/events/women...