The Edinburgh Hidden Heroines

08/03/2020

Today we have been witnesses of massive demonstration and strikes spreading around the world! We feel happy and full of proud: Feminism is one of the most powerful social movement and a social change engine.
This social moment has been reached due to the tireless fight of brave heroines, such as the suffragettes or Seven Edinburgh.
We are closer than ever to get a Society.
Together we can change the world into a fairer place where men and women have equal rights!

04/04/2019

Hoy celebramos que hace 150 años que la mujer puede estudiar en Escocia.
(Article in English below 👇👇)

Se rebelaron contra las normas de la universidad, lucharon a diario contra sus compañeros y profesores, hasta incluso, tuvieron que lidiar con una cabra en medio de un examen de anatomía!. La historia de las imparables primeras estudiantes de medicina "las Seven Edinburgh" es una de nuestras historias favoritas del tour .
Aún no hemos conseguido su merecida estatua pero...Vecinxs de Edimburgo, os contamos que este año hace 150 años que Sophia, Mary, Isabel, Edith, Helen, Matilda y Emily se matricularon en la Universidad de Edimburgo, o lo que es lo mismo, que una mujer pudo estudiar abriendo el camino hoy a todas las que estudias en Edinburgh. 💜💜😊😊

The groundbreaking group of female students known as the "Edinburgh Seven" will finally get their degrees from Edinburgh University 150 years after were the first women to matriculate in Britain but were infamously thwarted from finishing their courses in the Scottish capital.

26/03/2019

Yesterday, our friend Leticia Valle García shared with us this women-themed event: "Silenced Histories".

Tomorrow at 4 pm, join this relaxed evening walking tour and discover the pioneering women who inspired Patrick Geddes to change his thinking and became the leader of revolutionary "social experiments" such as the Edinburgh Social Union and Octavia Hill's improvement works in London's East End.

Victorian Women & Geddes Old Town improvements - Evening Walk and Talk:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/silenced-histories-evening-walk-and-talk-tickets-56047827561

On Thursday you'll have the chance to discuss with experts the situation of the late 19th century women, Patrick Geddes and their social movements in this symposium. A full agenda for the day is available in Eventbrite with a full list of speakers.

Symposium: Gendering the Old Town - women led social change in late nineteenth century Edinburg:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/silenced-histories-symposium-tickets-56049863651

Check out these events and join them!!






The Patrick Geddes Centre

Silenced Histories - Victorian Women Pioneers Victorian Women & Geddes Old Town improvements - Evening Walk and Talk This relaxed evening tour will visit some of the sites of the Edinburgh Social Union movement and Patrick Geddes' 'sociological experiments', in which women played a key part. A perfe...

21/03/2019

The £20 new note is set to be released into circulation in 2020, but the exact date is still under wraps; so we don't know when we'll have to stop using the current twenty either. While we’re waiting, there you have some interesting facts about the great women who featured on the Royal Bank of Scotland’s new notes: discover the stories of Nan Shepherd, Mary Somerville, and Catherine Cranson! 💜

19/03/2019

¿Vienes a Edimburgo próximamente? ¿Quieres que te enseñen la ciudad como nunca nadie antes había hecho? ¡Únete a nuestro free tour de mujeres the Edinburgh Hidden Heroines!
¡Muchas gracias por tenernos en cuenta en tu blog Lovely Scotland - Fotografía y Viajes por Escocia!

¡Los 10 mejores free tour en Edimburgo! Totalmente en español. Para que no te pierdas nada de la historia y los secretos de la ciudad.

14/03/2019

The rain didn't stop us from enjoying the last "The Edinburgh Hidden Heroines tour" for the International Women's day! Last Sunday, Carla and her group walked through the Royal Mile while they were talking about the women who used deeds and words to create opportunities for people in Scotland and everywhere - men, women, boys and girls. Those brave women who endured prison and persecution, risked their lives and reputations, and yet today we don't know or celebrate these heroic stories. Which women do you think were should be remembered? 💜

Thanks to Miguel Man Mer for these great pics!!




@ Edinburgh, United Kingdom

12/03/2019

"That is what I am doing here, and I also need a drink"

Not long time ago, women weren't welcome in many public places in Scotland. In Edinburgh, a famous pub in the New Town didn't allow entry "neither women nor Englishmen" in the Victorian era.
Today we want to tell you the story of a pub in Aberdeen, where a group of women stormed it (literally) to get into in 1973! The owner was against to let women in because of the thought that if he allows women, half of the men would leave the place. After the s*x discrimination act (1975), he was forced let them enter, even though he wouldn't set up a female toilet until 1998! Unbelievable! What do you think!? 💜💜

The sign outside the pub said ‘no ladies please’ but in 1973 a group of women ripped it from the door, stormed the bar and demanded to be served.