Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents iii
3. Introduction 1
4. Gaelic Women Poets 12
5. THE GAELIC TRADITION
6. FOLKSONG
7. Anonymous 19
8. Anna Campbell of Scalpay, Harris fl. 1773 47
9. Anna Nic Ealair 51
10. LEARNED ARISTOCRATIC VERSE
11. Aithbhreac Inghean Corcadail fl. 1460 52
12. Anonymous 57
13. Isabel, Countess of Argyll fl. 1500 61
14. VERNACULAR POETS
15. Mary MacLeod 63
16. Catherine MacLean fl. 1680 67
17. Sheila MacDonald c. 1660-1729 73
18. NINETEENTH- AND TWENTIETH-CENTURY VERSE
19. Mary MacKellar of Lochaber 1836-1890 85
20. Mary MacPherson, 'Big Mary of the Songs' 1821-98 89
21. Mary MacDonald 97
22. Catriona Montgomery 103
23. Meg Bateman b. 1959 105
24. Anne Frater 111
25. THE BALLAD TRADITION
26. Anonymous 114
27. Mrs Walker 121
28. Meg Walker (Mrs Margaret Caldwell of Lochwinnoch) 122
29. Anna Gordon (Mrs Brown of Falkland) 1747-1810 127
30. Mary MacQueen (Mrs Storie) 1786-1854 136
31. Bell Robertson 142
32. Mrs Margaret Gillespie 144
33. Annie Shirer 146
34. Jeannie Robertson 1908-1975 148
35. Lizzie Higgins b. 1929 151
36. SCOTS AND ANGLO-SCOTS
37. Mary, Queen of Scots 1542-87 153
38. Elizabeth Melville fl. 1599 154
39. Lady Grizel Baillie 1665-1746 157
40. Jean Adam 1710-1765 159
41. Alison Rutherford (Mrs Cockburn) 1712-94 162
42. Jean Elliott 1727-1805 163
43. Isobel Pagan 1741-1821 164
44. Anne Hunter 1742-1821 166
45. Lady Anne Lindsay 1750-1825 167
46. Anne Grant 1755-1838 168
47. Jean Glover 1758-1801 169
48. Elizabeth Hamilton 1758-1816 170
49. Mrs Angus Lyon 1762-1840 171
50. Joanna Baillie 1762-1851 172
51. Carolina Oliphant (Lady Nairne) 1766-1845 177
52. Janet Hamilton 1795-1873 181
53. Carolina Oliphant (The Younger) 1807-31 185
54. Alicia Anne Spottiswoode (Lady John Scott) 1810-1900 186
55. Dorothea Maria Ogilvy of Clova 1823-95 188
56. Anne Ross Cousin 1824-1906 189
57. Ellen Johnston c. 1835-73 191
58. Lydia Falconer Fraser d. 1876 192
59. Jane Catherine Lundie 1821-84 193
60. Mary Maxwell Campbell d. 1886 194
61. Isabella Craig-Knox 1831-1903 196
62. Mrs Lindsay Carnegie b. 1844 198
63. Ella Burton b. 1845 199
64. Agnes Marshall b. 1846 200
65. Agnes Stuart Mabon (of Jedburgh) 202
66. Flora Maitland MacRae 206
67. Mary Gray 208
68. Mary Inglis 209
69. Maria Bell 210
70. Annie Steel 211
71. Hannah Brown MacKenzie 212
72. Annie S. Swan 1859-1943 213
73. Agnes H. Begbie 215
74. Jessie Anne Anderson 216
75. Florence Cortis-Stanford 217
76. Mary H. Cassady 218
77. Violet Jacob 1863-1946 219
78. Mary Symon 1863-1938 223
79. Marion Angus 1866-1946 224
80. Nannie K. Wells b. 1875 228
81. Rachel Annand Taylor 1876-1960 229
82. Rachel Annand Taylor 1876-1960 231
83. Helen B. Cruickshank 1886-1975 233
84. Bessie J. B. MacArthur b. 1889 237
85. Isobel Wylie Hutchison b. 1889 239
86. Wendy Wood 1892-1981 241
87. Nan Shepherd 1893-1981 242
88. Naomi Mitchison b. 1897 243
89. Alice V. Stuart b.1899 251
90. Flora Garry b. 1900 253
91. Marion Lochhead 1902-85 255
92. Margaret Winefride Simpson 257
93. Dorothy Margaret Paulin b. 1904 258
94. Maimie A. Richardson 259
95. Dorothy Seward Walton 260
96. Kathleen Raine b. 1908 264
97. Olive Fraser 1909-77 268
98. Janet Caird b. 1913 276
99. Ann Scott-Moncrieff 1914-43 280
100. Jessie Kesson b. 1916 282
101. Rhoda Bulter b. 1929 283
102. Vera Rich 284
103. Margaret Reynolds b. 1937 285
104. Tessa Ransford b. 1938 287
105. Alison Fell b. 1944 291
106. Sheena Blackhall b. 1947 297
107. Liz Lochhead b. 1947 299
108. Valerie Gillies b. 1948 306
109. Catherine Lucy Czerkawska b. 1950 310
110. Dilys Rose b. 1954 313
111. Kate Y.A. Bone 314
112. Morelle Smith 315
113. Sally Evans 318
114. Christine Quarrell 319
115. Jenny Robertson 320
116. Sue Gutteridge 321
117. Angela McSeveney 322
118. Ellie MacDonald 323
119. Alison Smith b. 1962 324
120. Kathleen Jamie b. 1962 326
121. Madeline Munro 328
122. Elise McKay 330
123. Margaret Gillies-Brown 332
124. Notes 336
125. Biographical Notes 349
126. Acknowledgements 360
127. Index of First Lines 363