‘Women and the Natural World: Historical Perspectives on Nature Climate and Environmental Change’ is a one day conference. The key note speaker is Professor Nicola Whyte, University of Exeter, on ‘Landscape, Memory and the Life-course in the Travel Writing of…
We are pleased to announce the annual WHN book prize, which awards £500 for an author’s first single-authored monograph in women’s or gender history. Entries close on 31 October 2023 for books published from 1 Jan – 31 Dec 2022. *Please…
We are so excited to announce the programme for our upcoming Autumn Seminar Series, commencing 13 September 2023! All seminars will take place online via Zoom, with registration opening 2-3 weeks before each session. Due to a change-over in seminar…
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…