RAILSCOT | Gender equality author Sara Sheridan asks: Should Dundee rail station be renamed Slessor Station? [The Courier]

Gender equality author Sara Sheridan asks: Should Dundee rail station be renamed Slessor Station? [The Courier]

Date: 27/02/2021

Michael Alexander speaks to author Sara Sheridan who is looking unflinchingly at Scotlands heritage to bring women who have been ^ignored^ by history to light - including Dundee missionary Mary Slessor.

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Michael Alexander speaks to author Sara Sheridan who is looking unflinchingly at Scotlands heritage to bring women who have been ignored by history to light - including Dundee missionary Mary Slessor.

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Gender equality author Sara Sheridan asks: Should Dundee rail station be renamed Slessor Station? [The Courier]

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