“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…
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…
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…
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…
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 International Medieval Congress University of Leeds 3rd-6th July 2017 Conference Details The International Medieval Congress is the largest…
WHN members – you now only need to login once to access all features of the WHN website and the WHN members publication database. Just use the login panel on the right with your normal username (your email address) and…
Should writing for the public count toward tenure? was originally published in The Conversation on August 19, 2016. It raises issues that are relevant to all writers and academics. Although it is not strictly history – although possibly these requirements have changed…