image via State Library of New South Wales The Women’s History Network is delighted to announce that the provisional programme for this year’s Annual Conference, with the theme Women and Migration, is now avaliable. Our keynote speakers are Dr Camillia Cowling, whose paper is entitled ‘Bound Journeys, Freedom Places: Enslaved Women’s Stories from Mid-Nineteenth-Century Cuba’ […]
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Latest News and Blogs
Miss Mary MacMahon and the Making of a Professional Network of Mobile Businesswomen in Early 20th Century Canada – Kirsten Widdes
Advertisements, such as this one, were placed in trade journals and emphasized the importance of properly trained, competent typists, highlighting both commercial training and the effectiveness of the United Typewriter Co.’s Employment Department. Born in Hamilton Ontario Canada on September 4 1877, Mary MacMahon was the middle child of six and eldest daughter of Bernard […]
Kay Midwinter: first female Clerk in the House of Commons – Mari Takayanagi
In this blog Mari Takayanagi and Elizabeth Hallam Smith preview the story of Kay Midwinter, one of the pioneering women staff in Parliament featured in their new book, Necessary Women: the Untold Story of Parliament’s Working Women. In the public mind, Parliament is equated with MPs and Members of the House of Lords debating in […]
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Women’s History Network Independent Researcher Grants for 2023/24
The Women’s History Network is offering a small grant of up to £750 to support the direct costs of those researching women’s history outside of academia. While applicants may be in possession of a degree or postgraduate qualification, the grants are intended to support research into women’s history by Independent scholars. We would therefore anticipate […]
Women’s History Network Early Career Fellowships for 2023 – 2024
The Women’s History Network is offering Fellowships of £1,500 to support Early Career Researchers of women’s or gender history in the coming academic year. Each Fellowship is designed to provide financial support to those who have completed their doctorate but are yet to secure their first academic post. We anticipate that the scholar will work on a […]
Activities
7th June 2023: Women’s History Month (Rescheduled from March) – Women’s Embodied Lives in Letters: Britain, 1680-1820
Don’t miss our rescheduled Women’s History Month Special Seminar featuring Professor Karen Harvey, who will be sharing her research in a paper titled ‘Women’s Embodied Lives in Letters: Britain, 1680-1820’! Wednesday, 7 June 2023, at 4pm BST/GMT+1 Sign-up now for our online-only Zoom seminar here. Women’s Embodied Lives in Letters: Britain, 1680-1820 Eighteenth-century letters – […]
27th May 2023: Local and Community History Month – Grabbing Back Project
Sign-ups are open for our special seminar in honour of Local and Community History Month in the UK! We’ve invited the Director and Editor of the Grabbing Back Project, Graciela Madrid and Katie Moody, to tell us all about their work making feminist theory and practice more accessible and relatable. Saturday, 27 May 2023, at […]
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Women’s History Today – Spring 2023 Issue
The Spring 2023 issue of Women’s History Today is now available for purchase or downoad. This open issue of Women’s History Today brings together scholarship, as well as a selection of feature articles, that explore a range of issues from a working women’s summer school in the early 20th centurty to a look at women in […]
Women’s History Today – Call for Papers for Autumn 2023
The 2022 Platinum Jubilee for Queen Elizabeth, as well as her state funeral, highlighted the importance of commemoration in the life of a nation. For Britain, these two instances of commemoration were focused on female representations of nationhood. Women’s History Today invites contributions to the topic of Women and Commemoration. We welcome articles on the […]