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During the 1911 Motherwell by-election, suffragists opened offices in the area to offer support to candidates willing to support votes for women. Read more about the suffrage movement in North Lanarkshire - https://t.co/nTw381V35s #WomensHistoryMonth #WeShouldAllBeFeminists https://t.co/i837R4S1uo

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RT @NL_Heritage: It's #WorldBookDay & here is a wonderful sculpture of Ophelia from #Shakespeare's Hamlet. The figure, with another of Haml…

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RT @NL_Heritage: Thank you very much to everyone who has shared their views on our museum collections website https://t.co/NHREATGYX0 If y…

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It's #WorldBookDay & here is a wonderful sculpture of Ophelia from #Shakespeare's Hamlet. The figure, with another of Hamlet himself decorated the original 1700s core of #Colzium House, #Kilsyth #Lanarkshire https://t.co/9oNqRRIGEN #OnlineArtExchnge https://t.co/Ti8U2J4XP6

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The latest in our series of stories on #Ravenscraig Scotland's biggest steelworks looks at how steel was made in the Melting Shop https://t.co/s8Z6Hvukf2 Our picture shows the 1st iron from the blast furnaces being poured ready to make steel in 1957 #GoIndustrial https://t.co/UTeSxIInAr

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RT @markrustbucket: @NL_Heritage There was a legal dispute after the contractors found cheaper steel in Wales, but had already contracted t…

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#HappyBirthday Forth Bridge! Opened #OTD in 1890. Check out https://t.co/M17XGUp9C2 to find out how much of the steel used for this groundbreaking structure came from Motherwell. https://t.co/mCLAZ27pJM

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Thank you very much to everyone who has shared their views on our museum collections website https://t.co/NHREATGYX0 If you haven't yet done so please drop in & let us know how you would like to see the site develop 🗣️🏛️💻 Direct link to the survey here: https://t.co/WSJv2ukdCa https://t.co/CS2AzNBbSz

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RT @NatRecordsScot: Happy birthday to the Forth Bridge, first opened 4 March 1890. You can find information and more images from #NRSArchiv…

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RT @NL_Heritage: Women sorting rags for blotting paper at Caldercruix Paper Mills, North Lanarkshire around 1920. The room had little venti…

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RT @GoIndustScot: #WomensHistoryMonth In 1914 Margaret Maxwell's petition against force-feeding of women prisoners did not reach its intend…

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RT @natlibscot: A wee thread on Williamina Fleming (1857-1911). #WomensHistoryMonth https://t.co/9wVT2pSSfI

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