CFP: Women and Worlds of Learning: From the Medieval to the Modern Day 12th-13th April 2024 Oxford Application Deadline: 1st September 2023 Since the emergence of universities, women have been involved in networks of higher education. ‘Women and Worlds of…
The Summer 2023 issue of Women’s History Today is now available for purchase or downoad. This open issue of Women’s History Today features two academic articles, as well as a selection of feature articles, that explore a range of issues from…
The Attenborough family, including Mary Attenborough and her three sons, Richard, David and John, lived at University College Leicester between 1932 and 1951 when Frederick Attenborough served as its second Principal. I recently curated an exhibition on their time at…
November 17th 2023, Mile End Institute, Queen Mary University of London RHS Transactions Workshop British left-wing politics does not know what to think about mothers. On the one hand, motherhood has often been praised and celebrated. In left-wing women’s movements,…
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…
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…
When you hear the term ‘Mid-century design’ it may conjure images of Le Corbusier’s Brutalist architecture, Marcel Breuer’s ‘Wassily’ chair, or George Nelson’s clocks, but why do we often hear less about the women of this period? In stark comparison…
A conference on Gender and Political Groups In Britain c. 1650 -1950 was organised by our Blog Editor, Kathrina Perry along with her PGR colleague, Kerry Love and was held at the University of Northampton on May 19th 2023. The…