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Book Announcements

Women from Hackney’s History

The second volume of Women from Hackney’s History was published on International Women’s Day 2025, exactly four years after the first book appeared. Together covering 228 women who have strong links to today’s London Borough, they range in date from the fifteenth century to the 2020s. The research, writing, editing and designing were all carried […]

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When Women Champion Women: The Female Team Behind ‘When Two of Us Meet’ Musical – Emily Simonian, Alena Kutumian and Rebecka Webb

The all-female creative team behind 'When Two of Us Meet'

Honouring Women’s History Through Musical Theatre In the world of musical theatre, where women are still underrepresented in leadership roles, When Two of Us Meet stands out as a project created, led, and supported by women. We are incredibly proud to bring this new musical to life—written and composed by Emily Simonian, orchestrated by Alena […]

WHN Prize News

Blog and News, Book Prize, Prizes

Women’s History Network Book Prize Winners

We are delighted to announce the winners of our annual book prize for 2021 and 2022. The 2021 winner is Siobhan Hearne for her book, Policing Prostitution: Regulating the Lower Classes in Late Imperial Russia (Oxford University Press) There are joint winners for the 2022 prize: Jane Freeland for her book, Feminist Transformations and Domestic Violence Activism […]

Activities

Events

Wikipedia editing training event

As part of the Hackney History Festival Hackney Archives is running a Wikiediting Workshop which will use the women featured in the two Women from Hackney’s History books – checking if entries exist, creating new entries  and learning how to edit existing content. Participants will have the opportunity to focus on their own areas of […]

Blog, Blog and News, Calls for Papers

Uneven Progress: women, education, institutions and careers in the built environment

Women’s History Today: the Journal of the Women’s History Network is seeking expressions of interest for articles to be included in a Special Issue focused on tracing the education and career paths of women in the professions of the built environment with a special focus on educational institutions. The Special Issue, ‘Uneven Progress: women, education, […]

Women's History Journal

Women's History Journal

Womens History Today – Autumn 2024 Edition

The Autumn 2024 issue of Women’s History Today is now available for purchase or downoad. This special issue of Women’s History Today marks thirty years since the first ‘journal’ was published by the Women’s History Network back in 1994 as Women’s History Notebooks.

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