By Kathrina Perry Interview with Frances Mayli McCann Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World is a new musical based on the book by Kate Pankhurst, a descendant of Emmeline Pankhurst, adapted by Chris Bush (Nine Lessons and Carols, Almeida…
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24th November 2021: Book Launch Event – The Politics of Women’s Suffrage: Local, National, and International Dimensions
Book Launch: Dr. Alexandra Hughes-Johnson and Dr. Lyndsey Jenkins, ‘The Politics of Women’s Suffrage: Local, National, and International Dimensions’ Wednesday, 24 November 2021, 4pm GMT Register on Zoom here Join us on Wednesday, 24 November 2021 at 4pm GMT to…
‘The World through a Woman’s Eyes’: Jessie Ackermann and women’s mental mapping at the turn of the twentieth century
When first introduced to the concept of historical mental mapping, which aims to reconstruct shifting spatial imaginaries of continents and countries, I was struck by the overwhelming dominance of men’s accounts as source material. Was it fair to assume that women throughout history perceived the arrangement of the world’s spaces – countries, continents, regions and borders – in the same way as their male counterparts?
Mollie Hunte (1932-2015): Educator, Psychologist and Champion of Caribbean People, by Rebecca Adams
Mollie Hunte was an educational psychologist from British Guiana (now Guyana) born in 1932. She was a significant part of the Black Education Movement in the UK during the 1970s onwards and made a large impact on the African-Caribbean London…
Remembering Eleanor Rathbone, Mother of Child Benefit : Oral History Project launch of
Oral history project Launch of publication Remembering Eleanor Rathbone Mother of Child Benefit Thursday 18 November 6-7.30pm Free registration: CLICK HERE Seventy-five years from the first payment of family allowance (now child benefit), on 6 August 1946, mothers and other family…
[CANCELLED] 10th November: Dr Hannah Telling, “Villainous Harpies”: Women, everyday violence, and justice in Scotland, 1850-1914
Event Cancellation Due to illness, this seminar will unfortunately be postponed to a later date. More details regarding the rescheduling of this seminar will be forthcoming. Please do keep an eye out on our website, Twitter (@WomensHistNet), and Facebook page…
A statue for the Past, Present and Future: making space for Betty Campbell, by Angela V. John
Photo courtesy of Ruth Cayford, MWW. Wednesday 29th September 2021 was no ordinary day in Cardiff. For a start there was glorious sunshine sandwiched in between days of seemingly relentless rain. And it was the culmination of years of planning,…
Writing a woman’s trauma: by Kate Clifford Larson
Writing a woman’s trauma. Balancing Fannie Lou Hamer’s silence with newly recovered testimony. By Kate Clifford Larson Please note this post contains discussion of sexual assault and police brutality. On Sunday morning, June 9, 1963, African American Civil Rights activist…
Jeannette Washington: Pittsburgh’s First Black Public Health Nurse, by Adam Lee Cilli
The sight of Jeannette Washington emerging from some tenement in Pittsburgh’s Lower Hill District was common. She had been a fixture in the Hill for half a century, tirelessly working to improve health in the Black community, prevent unnecessary deaths…