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A taxidermy badger in a sitting position with a white background.

Female Representation in Natural Science Collections

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Rebecca Machin celebrates the beautiful and amazing females animals here in the collections of Leeds Museums and Galleries.

The Youth Collective Explore Works on Paper

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The Youth Collective have been working on an exciting new project on women’s representation of women.

Who Should Write our Object Labels?

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With over 1.3 million objects, we've been exploring the different ways that our audiences interpret them.
A black and white head shot of a young Victorian woman. The bottom of the image says 'Albert Sachs, Bradford'.

Anonymous Women in the Collection

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Assistant Curator of Social History Nicola Pullan reflects on the many unamed women in the collection on #Stories day of #MuseumWeek. 
Rosetta and Michael on their wedding day. Rosetta holds a bouquet of flowers, wearing a two-piece suit and skirt with white shoes and pearls. Michael has glasses, and wears a suit and thick rimmed glasses.

Fashionable Yorkshire: Rosetta Rowley’s Story

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“Rosetta grew up in Bradford and lived through the Second World War and its aftermath. She was part of a working-class family. Her clothes are simple yet stylish"