Content warning: this post contains discussion of sexual violence Eleven years after it was founded by survivor and activist Tarana Burke, the #MeToo movement exploded in 2017 following the exposure of numerous sexual-abuse allegations against Harvey Weinstein. The movement, energised…
The Women’s History Network is offering one £250 prize for an undergraduate dissertation on any aspect of women’s or gender history (though substantially focused on women) written during the 2021-2022 academic year. We welcome research on any period and place:…
Don’t miss out on a very exciting seminar on the reinterpretation and reimagining of London’s iconic Tube map! Dr Leah Lovett, Dr Duncan Hay, and Montaz Marché speak about their project, centred at UCL’s Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis…
Whilst researching for my recent dissertation, which focused on the career choices available to young women in post-war Britain, I came across a genre of books known as ‘career novels’ targeted at young female readers. The 1950s presented a unique…
Join us for the first seminar of our Summer series! Dr Katie Taylor (Nottingham Trent) and Dr Lydia Furse (Rugby Union Coach and Referee) will be presenting papers on women’s involvement in sports and sporting history, respectively titled ‘Professionalising Women’s…
Our Women’s History Network Seminar Series continues in the Summer 2022 term! Most events take place on Wednesdays at 4pm (UK) on Zoom. Details about each seminar and the registration link can be found here, usually two-three weeks before each scheduled…
The Modern Venus Competition In February 1924, an unusual beauty contest took place in London to promote a new film called The Temple of Venus. The Modern Venus Competition set out to find the British woman whose figure best matched…
Saturday 30 April 2022 marks the relaunch of the Midlands Region branch of the Women’s History Network. The branch will hold two conferences each year, one in April (usually at a museum or heritage site, with a modest charge for…
Hello WHN members, Hope you all had sunny Easter weekends. In 2020 I started an online suffrage play reading group to read and discuss plays written for and by members of the Votes for Women movement. Over twenty reading sessions…