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When 100 Years Is Not Enough! Dr. Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins

Dr. Kate Law / February 22, 2021

February is Black History Month in the United States. A time when we attempt to correct the omission of the contributions of people of color from historic narratives, 2021 marks the 95th anniversary of what began as Negro History Week…

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Biography, Blog, Women's History

A supposititious child by Dr Linda Maynard

Dr. Kate Law / February 13, 2021

On 26 August 1910, a notice appeared in the San Francisco Examiner: ‘Wanted. For adoption – a newly born infant; must be a boy.’ Four years later, Dorothy Slingsby, an American in her forties, finally confessed to placing the advert.…

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LGBTQ+ Roundtable on February 17th

Dr Nancy Highcock / February 10, 2021
Blog, Prizes

Results of the MA dissertation prize by Dr Lyndsey Jenkins

Dr. Kate Law / February 9, 2021

The Women’s History Network is delighted to announce the first winner of our MA dissertation prize. We received many entries of an extremely high quality. We were particularly impressed with the overall standard given the many difficulties students experienced in…

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Conferences, Event, Events, Seminars

WHN Student Conference 2021: Studying Herstories

Dr Nancy Highcock / February 6, 2021

WHN Student Conference 2021: Studying Herstories Programme and Registration Details We are excited to announce our inaugural student conference on International Women’s Day, March 8th, 2021. This conference will celebrate all of the fresh perspectives that students bring to the study…

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Blog, Dissertation Prize, Prizes

The Role of Women’s Genealogical Societies in the Rewriting of American History, c. 1890-1914 by Anya Cooper

Dr. Kate Law / February 1, 2021

In the aftermath of the Civil War, American nationalists faced the question of how to forge a participatory sense of allegiance to a nation recently divided over slavery. The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) and the United Daughters of…

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Blog, Book Announcements

Suffragettes of Kent by Jennifer Godfrey

Dr. Kate Law / January 4, 2021

The research for my book, Suffragettes of Kent, provided insight into many historic journeys of hope, determination and courage. In the course of my research I discovered many heart-warming stories, including the fruit farmers who provided a place to stay…

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Biography, Blog

Dr Lucy Smith’s Involvement Child Welfare Work in Cork by Eugenie Hanley

Dr. Kate Law / December 20, 2020

Between January and May 2020, I visited the City and County Archives in Cork, Ireland, and mined through the Irish Newspaper Archive, to research the Cork Child Welfare League for my PhD thesis on maternal and infant mortality in twentieth-century…

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Biography, Blog

Remembering Nellie Cressall by Jane McChrystal

Dr. Kate Law / December 14, 2020

Nellie Cressall was one of the brave women who went to prison in support of the Poplar Rates Rebellion in 1921, just one episode in a long life of activism, which began after she joined the Independent Labour Party (ILP)…

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The Women’s History Network is a national association and charity for the promotion of women’s history and the encouragement of women and men 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...

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