Emma Gascoigne

Volunteer Filmmaking and Speaking Out

Susie Dalton, a volunteer filmmaker with Speaking Out, describes her experience of interviewing women involved with the Women’s Aid movement and the things she’s learned during her journey with the project.

Women’s History Scotland Conference 2016 – Feminisms: Histories, Ideas and Practice

Emma recaps the annual Women’s History Scotland conference and shares her thoughts on the importance of events like this in bringing together feminist researchers and practitioners.

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Reflections from a Volunteer Oral History Interviewer

Charlotte Cain, one of our oral history volunteers, shares why she decided to get involved with the Speaking Out project and her experience of conducting her first interview.

Women’s Aid Services and the Speaking Out Exhibition

In this week’s blog we hear from Chloe Spence, a Speaking Out project volunteer who has been working on developing the project exhibition which will open at the Museum of Edinburgh in November.

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Introducing Emma, Project Engagement Officer (maternity cover) and Button Enthusiast Extraordinaire

In this post, we introduce Emma, who’s covering the project engagement officer position, learn a bit more about the development of the project exhibition and her abiding love of feminist buttons.

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Connecting the Paper Past and the Web Present

In this week’s blog we hear from Lucy Janes, a Speaking Out project volunteer who has been working with the Scottish Women’s Aid archive at Glasgow Women’s Library.

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