The Autumn 2022 issue of Women’s History Today – Broadcasting Special Issue is now available for purchase or downoad. This special issue of Women’s History Today is a ‘Broadcasting’ special. As you are likely to have seen, heard or read,…
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Women’s History Today Summer 2022
The Summer 2022 issue of Women’s History Today is now available for purchase. The digital version of this edition is available free to all members – see details below. Contents Women’s History Today is our new style journal with updated…
Call for Proposals
(Deadline 29 July, 2022) Next year, Women’s History Today (the Women’s History Network journal) is planning a special issue, concentrating on the nexus between women’s history and the Equality Act 2010. Taking the Act and its nine protected characteristics (age,…
Women’s History Today Spring 2022
Special Edition: Focus on Undergraduate Research The Spring 2022 special edition issue of Women’s History Today is now available for purchase. The digital version of this edition is available free to all members – see details below.
Women’s History Today Winter 2021
Special Edition: Early Modern Women The Winter 2021 special edition issue of Women’s History Today is now available for purchase or download. The digital version of this edition is available free to all members – see details below.
‘The World through a Woman’s Eyes’: Jessie Ackermann and women’s mental mapping at the turn of the twentieth century
When first introduced to the concept of historical mental mapping, which aims to reconstruct shifting spatial imaginaries of continents and countries, I was struck by the overwhelming dominance of men’s accounts as source material. Was it fair to assume that women throughout history perceived the arrangement of the world’s spaces – countries, continents, regions and borders – in the same way as their male counterparts?
Jeannette Washington: Pittsburgh’s First Black Public Health Nurse, by Adam Lee Cilli
The sight of Jeannette Washington emerging from some tenement in Pittsburgh’s Lower Hill District was common. She had been a fixture in the Hill for half a century, tirelessly working to improve health in the Black community, prevent unnecessary deaths…
Deviant Maternity: Illegitimacy in Wales, c. 1680-1800, by Dr Angela Joy Muir
Image: https://www.rct.uk/collection/search#/2/collection/913701/the-unwelcome-visitor-or-the-quaker-in-a-quake In 1721 in the parish of Llangollen, a ‘base’ infant named William was baptised. His parents were Simon Rogers and Elizabeth Roberts. Two years later, Elizabeth bore a second child fathered by Simon. The child was named Robert,…
WHN Schools History Prize 2021 – Prizewinners
Tahaney Alghrani School’s Liaison Officer This year we challenged the students to create a poster which illustrates one of two themes: Extraordinary women working for today and tomorrow. Heroines who have made an impact locally, nationally or internationally in the past…