Newcastle upon Tyne presented its best side when it welcomed the delegates of the recent Network of American Periodical Studies (NAPS) symposium, at Northumbria University, with sunshine and warm temperatures on Friday, September 20, 2019. This year’s symposium was hosted…
This November marks 100 years since Nancy Astor won a Plymouth Sutton by-election, becoming the first woman MP to take her seat in the House of Commons. She inherited her seat from her husband Waldorf Astor, after he was elevated…
The recent Network of American Periodical Studies (NAPS) symposium, hosted at Northumbria University, was titled ‘Mediating Gender in Magazines’. The Women’s History Network (WHN) provided the travel stipend that allowed me to attend this event. During the morning session of…
How Women Build A two-day conference, Wikithon Event and Exhibition at the Manchester School of Architecture – 26-27thJune 2020 postponed – look out for a new date to be announced for 2021 Supported by the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies…
What did Florence Nightingale have to do with colonial education? That was a question I had to ask myself when I came across her 1863 survey of education and health of Indigenous children in colonial schools in the British Empire.…
For ‘throwback Thursday’, Dr. Sara Gray gives us a glimpse into her 2009 book, Dictionary of British Women Artists. The history of women artists remains largely uncharted even today, but particularly the history of British women artists. When I started…
Women’s History Network Annual Conference LSE Library 6-7 September 2019 In acknowledgement of the centenary of the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act (SD(R)A), the Women’s History Network (WHN) held a two-day conference at the London School of Economics Library on Friday…
Our first blog for November is from Pam Giles, a retired police inspector turned historian, who was a recipient of a WHN grant for independent researchers. I have been fortunate to receive a grant from The Women’s History Network to…
As part of our Black History Month celebrations, we commissioned a ‘long read’ from the fabulous Kesewa John. Enjoy! The sovereignty of Ethiopia was compromised from November 1934, when Italy attempted to claim land inside the border Ethiopia shared with…