Scotland

The Forgotten Accomplished Daughters of John Beveridge: Lois and Heather Beveridge, by Claire Taylor

Krakow 1912 As seen in Esperanto publications, attendance sheets, and photographs like that of the Eighth World Esperanto Congress in Krakow in 1912 pictured above, women were visibly prominent in local and international Esperanto events. For the Seventh Esperanto World Congress that took place in Antwerp in 1911, sixty-five out of the one-hundred-six Scottish attendees …

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St. Andrews en Somero

Esperanto was a bridge, a connector of worlds, peoples and places. The transnational network that sprouted around this international language was diverse, proactive, and above everything else interested in not only learning about foreign issues, but also showing their little communities to the rest of humanity. On the pages of the many journals that were …

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Bonvenon al Aberdeen

Bonvenon al Aberdeen! Welcome to Aberdeen! This photo was taken in May 1919 on an Esperanto outing at Craibston near Aberdeen in Scotland. I look at this photo with excitement and some late modern historian envy. Envy? Because there is so much, if not too much material to work with. This is true not only …

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