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…
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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…
‘Breaking Bounds’, an interdisciplinary postgraduate conference on 19th-century women
Registration is now open for ‘Breaking Bounds’, an interdisciplinary conference for postgraduate and early careers researchers, to be held at the University of Portsmouth on Saturday 11th May 2019. A draft programme and a link to the registration website can…
Representing Women – Dr Freya Gowrley
In this wonderful piece Dr. Freya Gowrley reflects on representation, fatness and body-shaming. When asked what Women’s History Month meant to me as the prompt for writing this blog post, my mind immediately went to issues of representation. For me,…
Labour Women in Power: Cabinet Ministers in the 20th century – Dr. Paula Bartley.
(L-R Margaret Bondfield, Ellen Wilkinson, Barbara Castle, Judith Hart and Shirley Williams) In this post, Dr. Paula Bartley gives us a sneak peak of her fabulous new book: Labour Women in Power: Cabinet Ministers in the 20th century (Palgrave Macmillan,…
What Women’s History Month Means to Me, Dr. Ana Stevenson
In this powerful blog, Dr. Ana Stevenson reflects on the enduring importance of ‘hidden histories’ and ‘inspirational’ women. In 1972, Ms. Magazine began a “Lost Women” series, dedicated to sharing the histories of women from around the world. Over the…
Celebrating ‘women’s history bookshelves’ by Dr. Jo Stanley
In this post, Dr. Jo Stanley reflects on the growing visibility of women’s history in bookshops around the globe. This post celebrates the moment when I realised there was going to be a genre of books called ‘women’s history’ –…