Our latest blog post by Dr. Rachel Delman (York) is a report on the symposium Women and Materiality in Medieval and Early Modern Scotland that was held at the University of Edinburgh in April. On Friday 26th April 2019, academics,…
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WOMEN IN SPORT : A Timely Fracture in a Sporting Glass Ceiling by Doloranda Pember
In our latest post Doloranda Pember reflects on her book: In the wake of Mercedes Gleitze: Open Water Swimming Pioneer (The History Press, February 2019). When my mother died in 1981, little did I know of the full extent of…
Victorian Penal Institutions for Juvenile Females and Mary Carpenter, by Tahaney Alghrani
In our latest post Tahaney Alghrani reflects on crime, gender and ‘reform’ in Victorian port cities. In recent months, youth knife crime has been much debated in the British press. These debates, however, are not new. Just as today there…
Ruth Cavendish-Bentinck by Dr. Gillian Murphy
In this latest post, Dr. Gillian Murphy (re) introduces us to Ruth Cavendish-Bentick, suffragette and socialist. Ruth Cavendish-Bentinck was the illegitimate daughter of Ferdinand St Maur, the elder son of the 12th Duke of Somerset, and a half-gipsy maid. Her…
EVENT: Escaping the Doll’s House: Women, the Arts, War and Work 1910-1920
Escaping the Doll’s House: Women, the Arts, War and Work 1910-1920. May 17 @ 10:30 am – 3:30 pm « The First World War and its Legacy, National Festival Legacies of the First World War Festival: Shared Heritage » To…
WOMEN’S HISTORY NETWORK ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2019
Professional Women: the public, the private, and the political 2019 marks the centenary of the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act in Britain, which opened all ‘civil professions or vocations’, including the civil service and legal profession, to women. It was a…
Gender, Family, and Politics: The Howard Women, 1485-1558 – Dr. Nicola Clark
In this fascinating post Dr. Clark tells us about her important new monograph: Gender, Family, and Politics: The Howard Women, 1485-1558 (OUP, 2018). The Howard family, Dukes of Norfolk, were the family most entwined with the Tudor dynasty during the…
Women’s History Spring 2019
The Spring 2019 edition of Women’s History is available now. The digital version of this edition is available free to all members – see details below. You may purchase this journal as a hard copy or download by clicking here.…
The Politicization of Food: Women and food queues in the Second World War, by Charlotte Sendall
The Second World War highlighted many sacrifices women endured for their country. Food became more significant during the conflict as the nations resilience was tested by food shortages and regulations. It was primarily women, who struggled with food shortages and…