Florence Nightingale, who was born 200 years ago, is rightly famed for revolutionising nursing. Her approach to caring for wounded soldiers and training nurses in the 19th century saved and improved countless lives. And her ideas on how to stay…
Author: Dr. Kate Law
How Has the Media Shaped Feminism? An Example from the West German Women’s Movement, by Dr Jane Freeland
In this fascinating and timely blog, Dr Jane Freeland examines the relationship between the media, feminist activism and domestic violence in Cold War Berlin. As the postdoctoral coordinator of the International Standing Working Group on Medialization and Empowerment at the…
Hiding in Plain Sight: Black Women, the Law and the Making of a White Argentine Republic by Dr Erika Denise Edwards
In our latest great blog, Dr Erika Denise Edwards gives us a tantalising glimpse into one story in her new monograph. On December 26, 1793 the ecclesiastical notary Tomas Montano informed don José Lino de León, a vicar of the…
Diane Leather and the sub-five-minute mile by Katie Holmes
In another special women’s history month blog we hear from Katie Holmes about the remarkable Diane Leather, the first woman to run a sub-five-minute mile Diane Leather made athletics history when, on 29th May 1954, she ran a mile in…
‘Elizabeth’s Group: Bringing a Heroine to Life’ By Dr Maureen Wright, University of Chichester and Susan Munro, Chair, Elizabeth’s Group, Congleton, Cheshire.
We can think of no better way to kick-off women’s history month than hearing about a campaign to commemorate the Vicwardian suffragist and suffragette, Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy. It gives me the greatest pleasure to introduce this blog by Susan Munro…
‘Modern’ Mothers in Ghana’s Newspapers 1960 – 1975 by Dr Holly Ashford
In this latest excellent blog Dr Holly Ashford examines ‘ideas of modern’ Motherhood in 1960s and 1970s Ghana. In 1967, those sitting on Ghana’s Committee on the Status of Women complained that the government wasn’t paying women any attention. Not…
#WE WERE THERE TOO! By Dr. Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins
In our latest fascinating blog, Dr Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins examines the role of, and reception to, women of colour in the history of The League of Women Voters of the United States. On February 14, 2020, The League of Women Voters…
What does beauty mean to you? By Dr Daisy Payling
In November 2019, the University of Essex’s Body, Self and Family project put on a series of health and beauty-themed events as part of the Being Human Festival. In my work as a post-doctoral research assistant on this project investigating…
The Foundation of women’s liberation in Weimar, 1770s-1806 By Dr. Marystella Ramirez Guerra
There was a moment of legal reform and social change in the final decades of the eighteenth century in the small Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. Known at the time as the home of Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Friedrich Schiller, and many of…