Following the passing of the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) admitted its first female member. To mark the centenary of the Act, I researched and wrote a booklet published by…
A number of people have said rail strikes next week will keep them at home on 14 December. We think it best to make Lucy Rogers’s talk on Pernel Strachey a Zoom-only event. More information on the event can be…
At university, I became interested in women’s embodied experiences – considering how women’s bodies are not only passive entities, but a site of empowerment and activism. Hence, when I was introduced to Fat Is A Feminist Issue, an inquisitive nerve…
This is a preliminary announcement about the upcoming conference, ‘Science, Gender and Sociability in a Northern City c. 1775-1820’ which will run from 8-10 June 2023 at the Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies, University of York. This is an in-person…
The Society for the History of Women in the Americas (SHAW) next online seminar: 13 December 2022, 6-7pm Please join us online on 13 December 2022 (6-7pm) to hear Charlie Jeffries (Sussex) in conversation with Grace Watkins (Yale Law School)…
While the limitations and inequalities of the 1857 Divorce and Marital Causes Act have led to debate over its significance, the case of Brutton v. Brutton illustrates how it empowered ordinary women to escape unhappy and dangerous situations.[i] Certainly, factors…
Dear colleagues The second call for papers for this conference and submission link is below. Please note this event will be in person with some opportunities for online participation. With apologies for cross-posting best wishes Lizzie Thynne Doing…
Don’t miss our special Disability History Month seminar! Dr. Claire Shaw (Warwick) will share her paper on ‘Senses of Technology: Deaf Women and the Telephone in the Soviet 1960s’. Wednesday, 7 December 2022, 4pm GMT. Sign up on Zoom here.…
In 1778 Bathsheba Spooner was sentenced to death for the murder of her husband. She pleaded pregnancy, and according to Massachusetts law at the time was examined by a jury of 12 matrons. The jury found that she was not…