The University of Birmingham hosted the 2017 WHN conference, entitled ’Women and the Wider World’. For those delegates who arrived early enough on Thursday night, a heritage walking tour of campus was provided. For those arriving at the University Station…
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Study finds women in gender-equal countries have better cognitive skills
This article is republished free under Creative Commons licence. It first appeared in The Conversation. WHN Admin. Study finds women in gender-equal countries have better cognitive skills – here’s how to understand it August 15, 2017 9.16pm AEST Author…
2017 Community History Prize Winner
Twenty two entries were received for the WHN Community History Prize 2017, nine of which were shortlisted for final consideration by the Panel. The field was wide this year, with entries submitted for the first time by organisations from France…
WOMEN’S HISTORY NETWORK (UK) SMALL GRANTS POSTGRADUATE SCHEME
The Women’s History Network is offering a small grant of £1,000 for the holding of a one day conference on women’s history organised by full time or part time postgraduates in universities or other institutions of higher education in the…
Abstracts from presentations for the 2017 WHN Conference
Caitriona Beaumont ‘Women and the Wider World: The National Council of Women of Great Britain, female activism and the international campaign for peace, 1918 to 1939’ In 1918 the National Union of Women Workers…
WOMEN’S HISTORY NETWORK (UK) SMALL GRANTS SCHEME
The Women’s History Network is offering a small grant of £1,000 to facilitate a conference on women’s history organised by teaching or research staff in universities or other institutions of higher education in the UK, or by staff in FE…
Abstracts from presentations to be given at the 2017 WHN Conference
Geraldine Perriam Women and the Wider World – Paper Proposal From London Docks to Leningrad: The Provincial Lady travels to Russia E.M. Delafield is best known for her fiction, particularly the Diary of a Provincial Lady series. …
Abstracts from the papers to be presented at the 2017 WHN Conference
Some abstracts from the papers to be presented at the 2017 WHN Conference appear below. Further abstracts will be posted. Carol Coles Independent researcher What Hilda did next In this paper I will be considering the post…
Women’s Work: The Book of Etiquette by Lady Troubridge
This excerpt is from The Book of Etiquette by Lady Troubridge (1948, First published 1926) The World’sWork (1913) Ltd, Kingswood, Surrey. Has enough changed? Chapter xxiv The Business Woman The Modern Woman There was a time not very…