A small but important work in the collection of the Leeds Castle Charitable Foundation is a pastel portrait, created by the French artist Eva Gonzalès. Born in Paris in 1849, Gonzalès went on to become one of the great female…
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(CfP) Beyond the Fragments: 45 Years On – deadline 1 Feb
Beyond the Fragments: 45 Years On Friday 28 June 2024 People’s History Museum, Manchester Keynote speakers: Sheila Rowbotham, Lynne Segal, and Hilary Wainwright 2024 marks the 45th anniversary of the publication of the seminal socialist-feminist text, Beyond the Fragments: Feminism…
Women’s History Network Annual Conference: ‘Curating the Female Self’, September 2024
First Call for Papers Women’s History Network Annual Conference Hosted with the Bedford Centre for the History of Women and Gender at Royal Holloway University, 5-6 September 2024 Women’s History Network and the Bedford Centre for the History of Women…
An analysis of liminality in the context of Irish migrant women – Aisling Keavey
An analysis of liminality in the context of Irish migrant women I completed a practice-led research Masters in August 2022, the purpose of the study was to explore and answer the question, “How have female members of the Irish diaspora…
Breaking Barriers: The Typewriter That Rewrote History – Ina Ilkova
Breaking Barriers: The Typewriter That Rewrote History In 1969, a legal battle unfolded in the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. Attorney Sylvia Roberts stepped forward to argue the first sex discrimination case appealed under Title VII of the Civil…
Women’s History Today – Autumn 2023 Issue
The Autumn 2023 issue of Women’s History Today is now available for purchase or downoad. The theme of this special issue is commemoration and the different ways women’s lives are marked, celebrated and understood. This issue features two academic articles,…
Sign up now for our Roundtable Discussion on Disabled Women’s History
Wednesday, 6 December 2023, at 4pm UK time. Sign-up now for our online-only zoom webinar here. Roundtable Discussion on Disabled Women’s History Join us for a special roundtable discussion in honour and celebration of Disability History Month. We will be joined…
Sign up for our next seminar featuring Professor Shenila Khoja-Moolji
Wednesday, 29 November 2023, at 4pm UK time. Sign-up now for our online-only zoom webinar here. Rebuilding Community: Displaced Women and the Making of a Shia Ismaili Muslim Sociality Over the course of the twentieth century, Shia Ismaili Muslim communities were repeatedly…
Re(discovering) Miss Lister: The Rise of Collaborative Research in the Anne Lister Community – Packed With Potential
When Anne Lister rose to worldwide fame in the summer of 2019, new stories emerged beyond those featured in the BBC series Gentleman Jack, which contributed to a new wave of interest in Lister’s story and those of her contemporaries.…