September 4 1892: She’s Asian, she’s female, she’s just landed in England – and it’s a period when few working-class women of any colour speak up. But Asian nanny Minnie Green took her white employers to a white court. And…
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History to Herstory is relaunched
From 7 October 2011 www.historytoherstory.org.uk, an online resource charting Yorkshire women’s lives 1100 to the present day, will be available free to researchers. West Yorkshire Archive Service and the University of Huddersfield are delighted to relaunch the updated History to…
Black History Month: What is Black?
What is Black? Searching for that word within the Cultural Formation tag in the Orlando digital history of women’s writing brings up, of course, a number of writers with unmixed African descent: from Phillis Wheatley and Mary Prince through Zora…
BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Mary Morris-Knibb accuses the Child Welfare Association of discrimination, 17 November 1938.
Mr Morgan Jones: So I take it there now exists in this town, the city of Kingston, two bodies [providing child welfare services], one of which is composed of your own people – Jamaicans – and another composed of people…
Looking Forward to October
October at the Women’s History Blog is Black History Month, where we endeavour to provide a range of posts providing the most up to date research in the area of black women’s history. Yet, at the Women’s History Network Conference,…
An Emigration Story
Three women, Catherine Murphy, Anne Walker, and Catherine Callahan were indicted for stealing a hat and convicted and sentenced to 7 years transportation. They were all old offenders, except one an 11 yr old girl, and they were not in…
Is history conservative?
In the last week, I attended an Irish Studies conference, where, amongst other things, I attended two papers, both by geographers: one on how research on DNA shapes how we view our national identity and the political consequences for power…
A Tale of Irish Courtship
Cork Police Office Judy Sullivans, antient dame, indicted for assaulting Miss Juliet Donnelly, tearing her bonnet and dishevelling her auburn dresses. Juliet’s lawyer requested she stand at the end of the table and remove her gloves. Judy (casting a scornful…
Of Riot and Women
The recent riots that dominated the British news have led to significant debate over the motivations of the crowd, and whether it was a form of political protest or simple criminality. Yet, for the historian rioting is nothing new. Riots…