Positioning Women's Agency in Land Agitationand Protest in theScottishHighlands and Islands, 1847-1897

本研究将探讨妇女在1847年至1897年间苏格兰高地土地鼓动和抗议活动中的作用，通过一系列当地研究，分析她们参与不同的抵抗模式，以反对土地管理的压迫和剥削制度。它将通过对女性性别贡献的考察，扩展对“抗议”是公共的和有组织的传统理解。为此，将查明和分析档案和原始资料中妇女的声音和行动，包括公共和私人信件、政府记录、报纸报道、法律证词和诗歌。

This research will explore women's agency in the conduct of land agitation and protest in the Scottish Highlands between 1847and 1897,analysingtheir participation in the different modes of resistance utilised against the oppressive and exploitative system of land management through a series of local studies. It will expand on the conventional understanding of "protest" as public and organized, through an examination of women's gendered contributions. This will be done by identifying and analysing women's voices and actions in archival and primary source materials, including public and private correspondence, government records, newspaper reports, legal testimonies, and poetry.