The 33rd annual conference, which will take place on 4-5 September, 2025 will explore and celebrate women in the archives, libraries and museums and the challenge of uncovering their presence. We encourage approaches that foreground marginalised voices and imaginative approaches. Papers which address aspects from all nations and time periods are welcomed. More details about […]
During the late 18th and early 19th centuries, American Protestant churches prohibited women from preaching or becoming ordained ministers. However, the religious revivalism of the Awakenings – a series of Protestant religious movements in the United States – created new, socially acceptable yet distinct opportunities for women, including forming benevolent societies and accompanying their husbands […]
Women and the Making of Art History Since the publication of Linda Nochlin’s groundbreaking ‘Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?’ (1971), feminist art historians have led a revolutionary movement to review women’s and gender roles in art practices. However, many other women during, and before, the twentieth century had contributed to the (re)shaping […]
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 […]
The Women’s History Network is delighted to announce the results of this year’s Independent Researcher Grant. This year, the award received a record number of applications and we were thrilled to see the amount of interest in women’s history from people of all backgrounds. It did, however, make choosing incredibly difficult – if only it […]
CALL FOR PAPERS International Conference funded by AHRC Network Grant ‘Institutions and Infant Care. Foundling Homes and Residential Homes for Babies in Twentieth Century Europe’. London Foundling Museum, 15-16 May 2025 Keynote speakers: Prof. Clair Wills, University of Cambridge, UK Dr Nelleke Bakker, University of Groningen, the Netherlands Foundling hospitals, first established in the Middle […]
Hello Can you please add an event to celebrate a book launch at the Women’s Library at LSE? The book about Chrystal Macmillan has been published by Edinburgh University Press, the first in a series of ‘Scottish Women Making History’. Tickets for the event are free and can be booked on Eventbrite The Historical Biography […]
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.
The Summer 2024 issue of Women’s History Today is now available for purchase or downoad. This special issue is focused on childcare and includes rich and varied themed contributions across continents and generations.