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House of Lords Seminar : WWAFE 2017 Seminar Series

Dr Robin Joyce / June 8, 2017

WWAFE 2017 SEMINAR SERIES ENORMOUS CHANGES AT THE LAST MINUTE – WOMEN, TRUMP & BREXIT A seminar series on women’s rights, challenges, perspectives, hopes and empowerment           Baroness Margaret Prosser chairs our June seminar in the…

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NORTH AMERICAN WOMEN AND WORLD WAR ONE

Dr Robin Joyce / May 14, 2017

CALL FOR PAPERS   North American Women and World War One   Saturday, 4 November 2017 University of Worcester, Henwick Grove, Worcester, WR2 6AJ   The University of Worcester’s annual Women’s History Conference seeks papers for this year’s event under…

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VOICES OF WOMEN IN THE GREAT WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH

Dr Robin Joyce / May 7, 2017

CALL FOR CONFERENCE PAPERS Voices of Women in the Great War and its Aftermath   Taking place at The Black Country Living Museum, 2 Tipton Rd, Dudley DY1 4SQ on 13-14 April 2018   Although the Great War is often…

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The WI FAIR ALEXANDRA PALACE

Dr Robin Joyce / March 29, 2017

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Women’s History Network Community History Prize 2017

Dr Robin Joyce / March 12, 2017

Women’s History Network Community History Prize 2017 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. Established in 1991, the network reaches…

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A Shock, An Event, An Outcome – Women Taking Life On-Board

Dr Robin Joyce / March 10, 2017

Further information : WWAFE Seminar 1 – Wednesday March 15 Cttee Rm 1 House of Lords, 5.30pm for 6pm-8pm   What about women? Do these ‘world’ changes impact on our action, our hopes, our intentions, our future and if so…

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WWAFE 2017 HOUSE OF LORDS SEMINAR SERIES

Dr Robin Joyce / March 9, 2017

  ENORMOUS CHANGES AT THE LAST MINUTE WOMEN, TRUMP & BREXIT A seminar series on women’s rights, challenges, perspectives, hopes and empowerment   Baroness Joyce Gould, WWAFE Patron, chairs our 2017 series: Enormous Changes at the Last Minute – Women,…

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ORLANDO: WOMEN’S WRITING IN THE BRITISH ISLES

Dr Robin Joyce / March 2, 2017

  NOTICE   Orlando: Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present” will again be free during March, Women’s History Month, at orlando.cambridge.org/. Username womenshistory17 Pword orlando17 Since last March we have added 2 new entries,…

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Third Annual Commemoration for Brave British Women in Medical Missions in Serbia and other fronts during the Great War

Dr Robin Joyce / February 23, 2017

Zvezdana Popovik has provided information on two events. The first was the subject of the WHN Blog on 22nd March. However, as a reminder: Since 2017 marks the centenary of Dr Elsie Inglis’s death,  Guest speaker, Alan Cumming, Scottish Women’s Hospitals…

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