Photo courtesy of Ruth Cayford, MWW. Wednesday 29th September 2021 was no ordinary day in Cardiff. For a start there was glorious sunshine sandwiched in between days of seemingly relentless rain. And it was the culmination of years of planning,…
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Writing a woman’s trauma: by Kate Clifford Larson
Writing a woman’s trauma. Balancing Fannie Lou Hamer’s silence with newly recovered testimony. By Kate Clifford Larson Please note this post contains discussion of sexual assault and police brutality. On Sunday morning, June 9, 1963, African American Civil Rights activist…
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…
27th October: Stella Dadzie
Join us for a special seminar to mark Black History Month: Stella Dadzie, ‘A Kick in the Belly’ Wednesday, 27th October 2021 at 4pm (UK) Register on Zoom here Stella Dadzie is a feminist writer, historian and education activist, best…
Joy as Gendered Resistance in Ashenda Celebrations during the Tigray War, 2020–Present, by Francesca Baldwin
Ashenda is a festival of womanhood, sisterhood, and female joy, celebrated every August in Tigray, Ethiopia. It brings together physical adornment, music, and dance to honour the feminine form, where female participants are gifted food, drinks, and money by the…
‘There has always been a Black women’s peace movement’: Women of Colour and Anti-War Activism in the U.S., 1968-1972 – Frankie Chappell
When I decided to submit a talk proposal for WHN’s 2021 Studying Herstories student conference, I had just finished an essay on women’s opposition to the Vietnam War, and had discovered some fascinating histories. The title of this blog, and…
13th October: Black History Month 4pm (UK) Naomi Richman and Xia’nan Jin
13th October: Black History Month Wednesday, 13th October 2021, 4pm (UK) Naomi Richman and Xia’nan Jin Register for your place on the Zoom webinar: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_F2Ld0QrWSmCm6MwyLs68aw Join us for these two fascinating papers in this double bill seminar that features as…
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,…
Reading against the grain: sex workers lives in a government archive by Vicky Iglikowski-Broad
Reading against the grain: sex workers lives in a government archive Vicky Iglikowski-Broad Historically, sex workers lives have been medicalised, criminalised and moralised, and this is reflected in many of the collections held by archives and research libraries.[1] This post will…