Helen Kay is a historian and author [1][2] working in Scotland.
Works
Kay has curated a collection of papers about the Women's Liberation Movement in Scotland and[3] is co-author of Chrystal Macmillan, 1872-1937: Campaigner for Equality, Justice and Peace (Scottish Women Making History) published by Edinburgh University Press about Scottish polymath and suffragist Chrystal Macmillan. Kay's research focused on Macmillan's work as a lawyer and equality campaigner[4][5]
Kay is a longtime member of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom in the UK WILPF and has written about the history of the organisation[6] Her research contributed to the film : These Dangerous Women[7]
Kay's daughter is the choreographer Rosie Kay.
References
- ^ "Kay, Helen (Historian and independent researcher) (b.1945) | Archives and Manuscript Catalogue". manuscripts.nls.uk. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
- ^ "Helen Kay". edinburghuniversitypress.com. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
- ^ "Women's Liberation Movement | Archives and Manuscript Catalogue". manuscripts.nls.uk. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
- ^ "Women's History Scotland".
- ^ Kay, Helen; Pipes, Rose (2020-06-06). "Chrystal Macmillan, Scottish campaigner for women's equality through law reform". Women's History Review. 29 (4): 716–736. doi:10.1080/09612025.2019.1702790. ISSN 0961-2025.
- ^ International, WILPF (2013-04-28). "WILPF Is 98! Remembering Our History with Helen Kay". WILPF. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
- ^ Exeter, CIGH (2015-04-13). "These Dangerous Women: Filming the 1915 Women's Peace Congress". Imperial & Global Forum. Retrieved 2024-10-19.