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Dickens, a Play and a Missing Case Book
Discovering Urania It began with research into Charles Dickens (1812-1870) for my work creating an education programme around A Christmas Carol and somewhere along that route I discovered Urania Cottage – a little-known part of Dickens’s life that intrigued me…
Join us for our next seminar, ‘When War Comes Home: Gender in the Requisitioned Country House’ with Professor Judith S. Lewis
We are delighted to be welcoming Professor Judith S. Lewis to the Women’s History Network to discuss her recently published book, The Country House at War: A Story of Loss, Re-invention, and the Birth of a New Britain (Yale University…
Friends of the Women’s Library Talk on 7 October
Friends of The Women’s Library Talks Programme Wednesday Oct. 7, 2.30 pm, at LSE Library, Professor Susan Pedersen will be speaking on her most recent book, Burn This Letter: Love and Trouble in a Marriage of Four (2026), using four…
Rachel Scott: Free School Advocate
This blog follows on from ‘The Manchester and Salford College for Women (1877-1883): From the Darkness Comes the Light’, by Tom Trafford. Read part 1 here. The Manchester School Board was formerly responsible for providing education throughout the city, and…
Undergraduate Dissertation Prize 2025-2026 winner
We are delighted to announce the winner of the Undergraduate Dissertation Prize 2025-2026 is Esther Hughes for “Exploring the materiality of the medieval noblewoman’s home: a comparison of the inventories of Alice Chaucer and Margery de la Beche”. The judges…
WHN AGM September 2026
The Annual General Meeting for the Women’s History Network will take place during the 2026 annual conference. Please find the full agenda for this year’s AGM here.
Mary Theresa Whitby: Landowner, Silkworm Expert, Silk Producer and Correspondent of Charles Darwin – Elizabeth Strange
Early Life Mary Anne Theresa Whitby was born in 1783. She was the daughter of a naval officer named Thomas Symonds and had seven siblings. Marriage and Meeting Admiral Cornwallis In 1802, Mary married a naval officer named John Whitby…
Women’s History Today – Summer 2026 Edition
The Summer 2026 issue of Women’s History Today is now available. This open issue of the journal includes a broad range of feature articles, alongside the more conventional academic articles that are peer-reviewed. Although this is an open issue, much…
Sign up for our final Summer Seminar, ‘The Miracle of the Nuclear Age’ and the Electrical Association for Women, with Dr Eleanor Peters
Our Summer Seminar Series draws to a close soon, but we are delighted to end what has been wonderful, insightful and stimulating series with a fascinating paper by Dr Eleanor Peters, titled: ‘The Miracle of the Nuclear Age’ and the…