• Home
  • About
    • What is the WHN
    • Committee
      • Contact
      • Steering Committee Biographies
    • Regional and Scottish WHN
    • International Federation for Research in Women’s History (IFRWH)
    • Privacy Policy
  • Join
    • Become a member
    • WHN Discussion List
    • Donate to the WHN
  • News
    • Latest News
    • Blog
      • Blog for us!
    • Submit your conference or event announcement
  • Events
    • The Women’s History Network Annual Conference
    • Notices
    • Seminars
      • Previous Seminar Recordings
      • Priority Seminar Booking
    • Calls for Papers
    • Writing Retreats
    • Women’s History Month
  • Prizes
    • Prizes Category
      • Book Prize
      • Community History Prize
      • Schools History Prize
      • Dissertation Prize
    • Fellowships and Grants
      • ECR Independent Conferences
  • Journal
    • Women’s History Today
    • Past Journal Issues
    • Download Journal PDFs
    • Journal Purchase
    • Contact Editors
  • Teachers
    • Useful resources and information to help teachers to promote women’s history
    • Schools History Prize
      • Schools History Prize Winners
    • WHN Tea Towel – Celebrating Black History
    • All Teacher Resources
  • Login

Women's History Network

For anyone with a passion for women’s history

Women’s History Network is an inclusive organisation that celebrates diversity

Author: Dr. Kate Law

Blog and News

Calamity Cora – how one woman’s uncanny ability to predict crop harvests went global. By Elizabeth Bartram

Dr. Kate Law / July 12, 2021

Have you ever considered the role of women in milling? Milling is an integral part of feeding the world, from putting food on the table to influencing global decision-making. It has touched on almost every facet of our lives, feeding,…

Continue Reading→

Blog and News

Women writing: EM Delafield, Russia and Writing Retreats by Dr Geraldine Perriam

Dr. Kate Law / June 30, 2021

As someone whose research often centres on women writers, I am interested in the authorial space and the conflicts of domestic life for women who write.  During Covid-19 restrictions, those conflicts have been highlighted by the closure of schools, universities…

Continue Reading→

Blog, Prizes, Women's History

Female Petitioning to Monarchs and the Criminal Process in England, 1660-1702 by Emily Rhodes

Dr. Kate Law / June 21, 2021

In browsing the English State Papers in the National Archives at Kew or the State Papers Online database, one of the most common types of documents you will encounter are petitions to the crown. Within this subset of records, there…

Continue Reading→

Blog and News

The Miracle Workers Research Project at The Devil’s Porridge Museum by Laura Noakes

Dr. Kate Law / June 9, 2021

The Devil’s Porridge Museum in Eastriggs commemorates the story of H.M. Factory Gretna, a munitions factory which produced cordite in World War One. 30,000 people came from all over the UK and beyond to work at the factory, and a…

Continue Reading→

Blog

The bizarre 1858 ‘Princes Park Crinoline Case’: 13-year-old girl is key witness in Liverpool’s highest-attendance trial by Tony Whittaker

Dr. Kate Law / June 1, 2021

Pleasant autumn weather on Monday 1 November 1858 prompted governess Jane Marsh (20) to give her two charges, Mary Hayes (13½) and sister Alice (12), a break from studies. After an early lunch, they bid farewell to two younger sisters…

Continue Reading→

Blog

The Decriminalisation of Abortion in The Maritime Provinces of Canada and Scotland by Amy Joyce

Dr. Kate Law / May 24, 2021

The Maritime Provinces of Canada and Scotland have strong historical ties that link the areas closely. In both places, the decriminalisation of abortion in the late 1960s was a milestone in women’s history but sparked fierce pro-choice and pro-life debates…

Continue Reading→

Blog

The Vixen and the Lioness: Caterina Sforza and Machiavelli by Megan Chance

Dr. Kate Law / May 17, 2021

Machiavellian theory is often assumed to purport a rigid distinction between masculinity and femininity resulting from the theoretical understanding of ‘machismo’ and ‘effeminato’. Hannah Pitkin and Jean Bethke Elshtain have assumed that women are therefore excluded from Machiavellian politics.[1] However,…

Continue Reading→

Blog

The Folk-devilling of Feminism by Professor Carol Dyhouse

Dr. Kate Law / May 13, 2021

Feminists have long borne the brunt of satire in the media. In the early years of the last century, women who fought for the right to vote were depicted as bad-humoured harridans with sour faces and stringy hair. ‘Women’s Libbers’…

Continue Reading→

Blog and News

Unpicked: Needlework in the Australian Colonies by Dr Lorinda Cramer

Dr. Kate Law / May 1, 2021

The discovery of gold in Victoria, Australia, in 1851 changed the lives – sometimes suddenly and almost always significantly – of many Britain-born women. The tantalising prospect of wealth through gold, land or business was a powerful lure for those…

Continue Reading→

Posts navigation

1 2 3 … 15 Next »
When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to go to the desired page. Touch device users, explore by touch or with swipe gestures.

Basket

Follow WHN on Twitter

My Tweets

Recent Posts

Everyday Gays, Ordinary Queers, and the National Lesbian and Gay Survey – Victoria Golding

March 27, 2023

Girls in the workhouse: a question of morality, c.1880-1920 – Claire Phillips

March 20, 2023

Medicine, morals, and masturbating women: John Marten and the changing face of female self-pleasure – Elizabeth Schlappa

March 13, 2023

[RESCHEDULED] 15 March 2023: Gender and Literary Engagement

March 8, 2023

Available Now

  • WHN Tea Towels Celebrating Women's History £4.99
  • WHN Tea Towels - Celebrating Black History Month WHN Tea Towel - Celebrating Black History £4.99
When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to go to the desired page. Touch device users, explore by touch or with swipe gestures.
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy

About

The Women’s History Network is a national association and charity for the promotion of women’s history and the encouragement of everyone interested in women’s history. Following our establishment in 1991 we have grown year by year and today we are a UK national charity with members including working historians, researchers, independent scholars, teachers, librarians, and many other individuals both within academia and beyond. Indeed, the network reaches out to anyone...

Read More→

Conferences and Events

  • Katrina Honeyman Memorial Lecture: Tracey Loughran on the history of problem pages
  • Deadline approaching: call for papers for Women, Money and Markets
  • Extended Call for Papers. SHAW Annual Conference in Manchester, UK
  • Women’s History Network Annual Conference: ‘Women and Migration’, 1 and 2 September 2023
  • Spring 2022/23 Seminar Series

Get WHN Updates

Subscribe to our latest posts list to get notifications of new WHN posts.

Thanks for signing up. Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription.

Subscribe to the WHN Newsletter

Subscribe to our monthly newsletter

Thanks for signing up. Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription.

Copyright Women's History Network © All rights reserved.
WHN Theme and customization by Jones5 Web Solutions