When Jonet Pollock brought suit before Glasgow’s commissary court in 1694, she listed a string of accusations and complaints against her ex-partner, William Jamieson. In her complaint, Jonet insisted that William had refused to pay an outstanding debt due to…
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Women’s History Network MA dissertation prize 2021
The WHN is delighted to announce the winners of the 2021 MA dissertation prize. The volume and quality of the entries we received speaks to the breadth and diversity of research into women’s history. All dissertations were written and researched…
Women Encountering Emancipation and Adversity in the 20th century – 14th March 2022
Facilitator: University of Chichester – Humanities Department Virtual Conference Speaker: Session Three: Dr Alwyn Turner, is an historian at the University of Chichester whose interests lie primarily in the history of Britain in the second half of the 20th century,…
WHN Schools History Prize 2022
March is Women’s History Month and the Schools’ Prize provides a fantastic opportunity for students to become immersed in ‘doing’ history. Submissions can be made by an individual, a pair or a group of students from the same school. This…
Friends of The Women’s Library Talks Programme
The next presentation in the talks programme of the Friends of The Women’s Library, on Wednesday 16 March at 2.30 pm, will be Anne Summers, ‘The women who didn’t … reflections on female middle-class poverty, c. 1850-1950’. Dr Anne…
I created my town’s first Women’s History Museum – Taylor Waggoner
In October of 2021 I made the decision to start my town’s first Women’s History Museum. Why? Because there is more recognition of fish in Perth than there is of Women. Sadly, I don’t think that that fact will surprise…
We (were) here, we (were) queer, and we shouldn’t have to prove it – Anna Dearden
Twitter and Instagram are laden with sharp-tongued memes poking fun at historians for failing to acknowledge the existence of LGBT+ people in the past. The memes usually follow a similar format – a painting of two historic women intimately wrapped…
Women’s History Network Image Licence Grant
The Women’s History Network is pleased to announce a new grant to cover the cost of illustrative material in academic publications. Small grants are available to cover the costs of reproducing images in monographs or journal articles, for research which…
The Camera is Ours: Britain’s Women Documentary Makers
The Camera is Ours: Britain’s Women Documentary Makers BFI Southbank, March 2022 The Jill Craigie Project is delighted to be part of this season of screenings and events at BFI Southbank. Curated by Ros Cranston, it includes new digital restorations…