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Scottish Women's Aid received funds in 2020 of £1,350,000 from the Scottish Government’s £350 million Communities Fund to ensure key support services were maintained [9] [10] In July 2021 a £5m fund to help support victims of gender-based violence was established and Scottish Woman's Aid benefited from new investment. [11]
Shakti Women’s Aid is a domestic abuse support service based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It helps black and minority ethnic women, children, and young people who have experienced domestic abuse. [ 1 ] They work closely with the Scottish Government , Police Scotland , NHS Scotland , and other statutory and voluntary services.
Williamson was born in Madison, Wisconsin, USA to Thomas Robinson Rast and Thelma Jane Cass. From the age of six, she studied classical music, sang in choirs, performed as a pianist, and in chamber music. After graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music, she married American Mark Headlee.
The SWRI created the chance for rural women to network and share their skills with one another. [4] The group's magazine Scottish Home and Country was first published in 1924 and changed its name to Women Together in 2018, see issuu.com. [2] The name changed to Scottish Women's Institutes in 2015. [6]
A Room of One's Own is an independent bookstore located at 2717 Atwood Avenue in Madison, Wisconsin. The store was founded in 1975 [1] as a feminist bookstore and was named after Virginia Woolf's 1929 essay of the same name. A Room of One's Own carries a broad selection of books, with a focus on works by women and non-binary people and the LGBT ...
She emigrated to Montreal, Quebec in 1842 with other family members. She worked as a music teacher while writing poetry under the name "Alpha". She contributed to the Literary Garland and the Montreal Transcript. [2] She died of apoplexy in Montreal on 25 March 1859 and is buried in the Mount Royal Cemetery. [4]
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Catherine Margaret Mary Maxwell Stuart, 21st Lady of Traquair DL (born 16 November 1964) is a Scottish landowner, politician, hotelier, brewer, and writer. She is the first female Laird of Traquair and, at the time she succeeded her father in 1990, she was the only female laird in Scotland.