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Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland gives voice to 57 women from BC to the 21st century. The ‘voices’ of the poems range from those of the women featured, to inanimate objects – queens, politicians, a ship, a fish gutter, scientists, a mountain, sportswomen (including a whole football team) and many more. QUINES celebrates the richly diverse contribution women have made to Scottish history and society.
Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland gives voice to 57 women from BC to the 21st century. The ‘voices’ of the poems range from those of the women featured, to inanimate objects – queens, politicians, a ship, a fish gutter, scientists, a mountain, sportswomen (including a whole football team) and many more. QUINES celebrates the richly diverse contribution women have made to Scottish history and society.
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In Her Ninety-Second Year Mary Somerville 61<br />
Captain Betsy Miller’s Fareweel tae Clytus 63<br />
Terpsichore Reflects on Her Master Maud Sulter 65<br />
Fanny Wright Meditates on Mary Shelley’s Death 66<br />
Demerara Eliza Junor 69<br />
Seeing Red Helen Macfarlane 70<br />
Òran / Song Mary MacPherson 72<br />
Mary Slessor Takes St Paul to Task 74<br />
Janie Annan Slessor Keeps Vigil 76<br />
Horsehead Nebula Speaks Williamina Paton Fleming 78<br />
Scotland Celebrates 3-0 at Easter Road 79<br />
My Birth in Her Hands Margaret Macdonald 80<br />
Skull Isabel Emslie Hutton 81<br />
Diva Mary Garden 83<br />
Rest Time in the Life Class Dorothy Johnstone 84<br />
Helen Crawfurd’s Memoirs in Seven Chapters 85<br />
The Scaur Ethel Baxter 89<br />
Ma Ain Country Violet Jacob 91<br />
Elsie Inglis Prepares for Her Last Journey 92<br />
Justice, Persons and Peace Chrystal Macmillan 94<br />
The Red Duchess Katharine Stewart-Murray 96<br />
Jane Haining 98<br />
ss Bonita Praises Victoria Drummond 100<br />
The River Kens Nancy Riach 101<br />
The Penny Pledge Ena Lamont Stewart 102<br />
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