Download the PDF edition of this journal here. Purchase a hard copy of this journal here. Contents Elizabeth A. O’Donnell on Doing Good Quietly: The Life and Work of Teresa Merz (1879 – 1958) of Newcastle upon Tyne, 5 Peter…
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The Mystery of Isabella and the String of Beads: A Woman Doctor in WW1
The following is an excerpt from Katrina Kirkwood’s book, The Mystery of Isabella and the String of Beads: A woman Doctor in WW1. Information about Katrina Kirkwood and her book was published on the blog on 13 march 2017. The book…
VOICES OF WOMEN IN THE GREAT WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH
CALL FOR CONFERENCE PAPERS Voices of Women in the Great War and its Aftermath Taking place at The Black Country Living Museum, 2 Tipton Rd, Dudley DY1 4SQ on 13-14 April 2018 Although the Great War is often…
Stories from the Birthing Room
London Renaissance Seminar Stories from the birthing room Thursday 18 May 3pm-8.30pm Room G04, Birkbeck College School of Arts, 43 Gordon Square, WC1 What happened in the early modern birthing room? Though the scene of birth is often…
FOUR PIONEERING WOMEN OF AUSTRALIA: JANET LOARING
Denis Blight In 1901 a young parlour maid, Janet Loaring, stepped on Board the S.S. Perthshire to travel to Australia from Dorset in the United Kingdom with 43 other young, single women, escorted by a matron. In the Upstairs/Downstairs…
Celebrating a landmark edition: Francoise de Graffigny’s letters
The following is reproduced from the Voltaire Foundation (University of Oxford) site with the permission of Pippa Faucheux. It follows the completion of a 40-year project publish the critical edition of Mme de Graffigny’s correspondence which was completed in 2016. …
A Warrior of the People
A Warrior of the People (2016) St Martin’s Press New York. Joe Starita Although a dedicated kindle reader, I picked up this biography and immediately felt the pleasure of holding a well published book. This one is comfortable to…
Women’s Workwear Styles: surviving the Past 100 Years
Thank you to Carolyn Greenwood from Aspinall London provided the following text and media. Women’s Workwear Styles: Surviving the Past 100 Years From the androgynous waistlines of the twenties all the way up to Ally McBeal’s microminis, the history…
Meeting on Women in the History of Natural Sciences
The Society for the History of Natural History will hold a conference on Women in the History of Natural Sciences on 15th and 16th June 2017 on the Ambleside campus of the University of Cumbria and the Freshwater Biological Association,…