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…
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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…
IFRWH Call for Papers
“Transnationalisms, Transgressions, Translations” The 12th Conference of the International Federation for Research on Women’s History/ Federation Internationale Pour la Recherche en Histoire des Femmes (IFRWH/FIRHF) will be held August 12-15, 2018 at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA, the…
‘Land Girls’ in fiction
Part 2 WHN Admin. The following information is from the Bedford Borough Council, Virtual Library. Land Girl In Fiction: A book and Drama List Below is a list of books, poetry, plays and DVDs featuring Land Girls as the main…
NOT JUST A NAME ON A WALL
WHN Admin. Part 1 ‘Not Just A Name On A Wall’ is a display of three panels in the Cambridge Central Library. One quote from the display is particularly instructive, demonstrating that while women were accepted – in fact, propelled…
Stansfield Grange. Home of the Triangle Mill Sisters
Ruth Beazley has generously provided the following excerpt from her book. The layout is slightly compromised in transferring the text and photos to the blog format. WHN Admin. ‘Stansfield Grange. Home of the Triangle Mill Sisters’ This book traces the history…
July IFRWH newsletter
The latest IFRWH (International Federation for Research into Women’s History) Newsletter is now available to download here: July 2016: IFRWH-newsletter-July-2016
Call for Papers ‘For I am a woman, ignorant, weak and frail’: Feminising Death, Disability and Disease in the later Middle Ages
Call for Papers: ‘For I am a woman, ignorant, weak and frail’: Feminising Death, Disability and Disease in the later Middle Ages International Medieval Congress University of Leeds 3rd-6th July 2017 Conference Details The International Medieval Congress is the largest…