Women and Gender in Early Modern Britain and Ireland: A Conference in Honour of Anne Laurence Saturday 4 June 2016 Institute of Historical Research, London. This one-day conference, ‘Women and Gender in Early Modern Britain and Ireland’, is being held in…
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Labor Women: Political Housekeepers or Politicians?
Robin Joyce Part 2 Leaders’ roles and activities are usually, although not always, easy to follow. Jean Beadle, as described in Part 1, was one woman whose career in the labour movement was well known. However, other women involved…
Labor Women: Political Housekeepers or Politicians?
Robin Joyce Part 1 Myths which limit women’s role and the perception of that role are abundant. The political arena is no exception and the negative images significantly undermine women’s perception of their heritage as legitimate actors in the…
Community History Prize 2016 – Call for Entries
An annual £500 prize for a Community History Project which has led to a documentary, pamphlet, book, exhibition, artefact or event completed in the year before 31st May 2016. Please see details below. It is essential that entries should be submitted…
WHN – COMMUNITY HISTORY PRIZE
Women’s History Network – Community History Prize sponsored by the History Press This annual prize of £500 is awarded for a Community History Project by, about, or for Women in a particular locale or community which has led to…
Women’s History Month on the Women’s History Network Blog
A short overview of the posts made during Women’s History Month on the Women’s History Network Blog Part 2 WHN Admin. Women as political activists are featured in several posts, from the earliest, the story of women’s suffrage…
Women’s History Spring 2016
Download the PDF edition of this journal here. Contents Charlotte-Rose Millar on Rebecca West’s Demonic Marriage: Exploring Emotions, Ritual and Women’s Agency in Seventeenth-Century England, 4 Ruth Cohen on ‘Mothers First’: the Women’s Co–operative Guild’s campaign for maternity care, 1906–18, 11 Janet…
Women’s History Month on the Women’s History Network Blog
A Short overview of the posts made during Women’s History Month on the Women’s History Network Blog Part 1 Women’s History Month on the WHN blog has been celebrated with a variety of posts. Some of them demonstrate links…