In 1720, leading politician Robert Walpole confided in his colleague Earl Cowper that he “did everything” by the Duchess of Kendal and that she was “in effect as much Queen of England as ever any was.”[i] The Duchess was Melusine…
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‘But why this here and now only when I loved I knew’: Remembering Kathleen Raine (1908-2003)
‘If hate were love, if love were hate, It could not make our tale untold…’[1] Few poets have the honour of providing the title for an international bestseller. Even fewer watch the words they wrote grace subsequent film posters and…
22nd June 2022 Seminar: Dr Hannah Telling – “Villainous Harpies”: Women, everyday violence, and justice in Scotland, 1850-1914
22nd June 2022 with Dr Hannah Telling, a seminar focusing on Women’s Violent Crimes in Scotland! Join us for this seminar our Summer Series, featuring Dr Hannah Telling with the paper titled: ‘“Villainous Harpies”: Women, everyday violence, and justice in…
Who was Joan Conquest? – Michelle Johansen
Miss Conquest is a fully qualified nursing sister, a Ju-jitsu practitioner and a crack revolver shot. She can ride, drive anything on wheels or legs, swim, fence, fly and climb.[1] Joan Conquest (1883-1941) was an adventurous character who possessed courage…
Women’s History Today Spring 2022
Special Edition: Focus on Undergraduate Research The Spring 2022 special edition issue of Women’s History Today is now available for purchase. The digital version of this edition is available free to all members – see details below.
WHN Independent Researcher Fellowships for 2022-23
The Women’s History Network is offering a small grant of up to £750 to support the direct costs of those researching women’s history outside of academia. While applicants may be in possession of a degree and/or postgraduate qualification, the grants…
WHN Early Career Fellowships for 2022-23
The Women’s History Network is offering four WHN fellowships to support Early Career Researchers of women’s or gender history. Each fellowship is designed to provide financial support to those who have completed their doctorate but are yet to secure their first academic…
Getting to Know Ireland’s Revolutionary Republican Women – Andrew Himmelberg
On Easter Sunday 27 March 1921, two young women from County Cork, Margaret Crowley and Margaret O’Neill, set out on a bicycle journey across the county to deliver an important message to their Irish Republican Army (IRA) comrades who were…
CfP: Diversity in Women’s History, 12 November 2022
Call for Papers: Diversity in Women’s History The next Women’s History Network Midlands Region conference will be held online via Zoom on Saturday 12 November 2022. We invite abstracts for papers around the theme of diversity in women’s history. We are…