Thurs 16 Nov London. Paper: Gendered mobility at sea 1960-2017; Comparing women’s changing seagoing roles in the Royal and Merchant Navies by Dr Jo Stanley. SEMINAR: Transport & Mobilities History group, (http://www.history.ac.uk/events/seminar/transport-mobility). VENUE: The Peter Marshall Room, N204, Second Floor, at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London. Senate…
Sat 25 Nov, Portsmouth. Women and the Royal Navy, all-day seminar. £45. This academic event is where the new approach to writing the histories of women in the navy will be revealed. See the programme and booking details at http://www.historicdockyard.co.uk/pioneers-to-professionals-seminar. Jo Stanley and Hannah Roberts…
Women and the Royal Navy (IB Tauris/NMRN) by Jo Stanley. Out Nov 2017. Focused on gender, mobility, and the long struggle for equal rights to sail and be combatant, this is a new approach to naval historiography. It shows all…
Yes, women are now the captain of ships as big as towns. Progress – but oh so patchy, since the days when you had to camouflage yourself as a boy in order to gain the searoving life. Link to the…