Whilst the events of this summer have thrown into sharp relief the effects of state sanctioned violence against Black communities, globally, it is important to recognise that alongside the campaigns to end racism there has also been activity that seeks…
In this, our latest great blog post, Professor Angela V. John reflects on her keynote address at the 2019 WHN conference. I began by looking at how the teenage Margaret Haig Thomas (later Margaret Mackworth and, from 1918, the 2nd…
Heritage matters! In our latest brilliant blog post, Dr. Sarah Hellawell tells us about Dr. Marion Phillips, Sunderland’s First Female MP and the installation of a blue heritage plaque at the site of the Sunderland Labour Party’s former offices. Over…
In our latest post Doloranda Pember reflects on her book: In the wake of Mercedes Gleitze: Open Water Swimming Pioneer (The History Press, February 2019). When my mother died in 1981, little did I know of the full extent of…
In this fascinating post Dr. Clark tells us about her important new monograph: Gender, Family, and Politics: The Howard Women, 1485-1558 (OUP, 2018). The Howard family, Dukes of Norfolk, were the family most entwined with the Tudor dynasty during the…
(L-R Margaret Bondfield, Ellen Wilkinson, Barbara Castle, Judith Hart and Shirley Williams) In this post, Dr. Paula Bartley gives us a sneak peak of her fabulous new book: Labour Women in Power: Cabinet Ministers in the 20th century (Palgrave Macmillan,…
Ellen Terry (1847-1928) ‘Of Ellen Terry, the actress, Our Lady of the Lyceum as Oscar Wilde used to style her, what a series of wonderful pictures live in the memory”[i] A leading late nineteenth century actress, Dame Ellen Terry’s lifestyle…
Robin Joyce This is a part of a paper published in Marian Simms , Australian Women and the Political System , Longman Cheshire, 1984. Part 1 Typical travel conditions experienced by women who organised country Labor meetings Labor Women: Political Housekeepers…
Gough Whitlam was elected Prime Minister of Australia 2nd December 1972 and was the first Australian Prime Minister to appoint a women’s advisor. Elizabeth Reid was appointed. Following is an interview with her conducted by Emma Renwick. http://www.abc.net.au/stateline/act/content/2005/ The Life…