For a new essay in Scottish women’s or gender history – deadline 19th December 2016 Women’s History Scotland awards a bi-annual prize of £100 for a new essay in the field of Scottish women’s and/or gender history. The prize…
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THE WOMEN’S ROYAL NAVAL SERVICE, A HISTORY OF FEMALE MILITARY EXCLUSION AND INCLUSION
The Women’s Royal Naval Service, a history of female military exclusion and inclusion Dr Hannah Roberts For the past seven years I have been writing my PhD part-time alongside a full-time teaching career. The thesis covers the history of the Women’s Royal…
Southern States Issues, The American Civil War and its Aftermath: Heath Hardage Lee, Kate Cote Gillin and Blain Roberts
The following reviews will be published in the journal. However, because of their particular relevance, they appear in the blog as part of the WHN contribution to Black History Month. Heath Hardage Lee Winnie Davis Daughter of The Lost…
Call for Papers: Women, Money and Markets (1750-1850)
King’s College London, May 11th 2017 Keynote Speakers: Professor Hannah Barker (University of Manchester) Caroline Criado-Perez, OBE (One of the leading voices in the campaign for female representation on the banknote and an active promoter and supporter of women in…
Apology: Australia 2008
Part 2 The Hon. Brendan Nelson, The Leader of the Opposition’s apology speech followed: Mr Speaker, members of this the 42nd Parliament of Australia, visitors and all Australians, in rising to speak strongly in support of this motion I…
2016 Community History Prize Winner
The Community History Prize was shared in 2016 between a project undertaken by West Dunbartonshire Women’s History Group working with Glasgow Women’s Library entitled Women Making History in West Dunbartonshire, and a project undertaken by Pupils from Greenhill school, with…
Welcome to Country and Apology: 2008 Australia
Part 1. Background The Whitlam Labor Government introduced the Racial Discrimination Act in Australia in 1975. However, acknowledgement of the particular role and explicit rights of the indigenous people specific indigenous ownership of the land and recognition of the stolen…
Winner of the Book Prize 2016
The panel decided to award the prize for 2016 to Natalya Vince, Our Fighting Sisters: Nation, Memory and Gender in Algeria, 1954– 2012 published by Manchester University Press. Between 1954 and 1962, Algerian women played a major role in the…
After the rediscovery of a 19th-century novel, our view of black female writers is transformed
This article was originally published in The Conversation. The Conversation’s generosity in allowing republication is appreciated. WHN Admin. After the rediscovery of a 19th-century novel, our view of black female writers is transformed May 26, 2016 11.22am AEST Victorian-era, middle-class black…