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The Challenges of Job-Hunting: Edith MacQueen in the 1930s

The career trajectory of Edith MacQueen – the first woman to obtain a PhD in History at the University of St. Andrews – poses a certain paradox: a woman of high academic standing, she possessed the right credentials…

Date
7 July 2023
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Being an Academic Beyond the University

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