Pornography, now easily accessible through the internet but available on top-shelves or on backstreets for several centuries, continues to hold an ambiguous social role in the current world. For some, pornography is for harmless sexual release, to help spice up…
Category: General
Cross-dressing in historical perspective.
In 1825, Harriet Moore, a native of Sligo, Ireland, found herself the subject of national publicity after it emerged that she had lived as a man for the last six or seven years. At age 14, Harriet’s parents died and…
What’s in a name? Or leaving your patrilineage behind.
As tends to happen when you get to a certain age and your friends set to marry themselves off, the question of naming suddenly becomes a topic of discussion. Should you choose to take your husband’s name? And, what are…
Reflections on ‘Housewife’ April 1959
A housewife in April 1959 sitting down for a well earned break from the domestic round, might have picked up the latest edition of Housewife, a monthly glossy magazine from Hulton press, who also published Picture Post, Girl, and Eagle.…
Women’s History Month: International Women’s Day.
International Women’s Day celebrates the achievements of women-past, present and future. It was first celebrated in 1911 and the day has often been commemorated for the last century by feminists on the streets, fighting for their social, economic and political…
Women’s History Month: Career Novels in the 1950s.
The 1950s are often imagined by the public- and most recently politicians- as an era where women’s goal in life was to marry and have children. Yet, while it was a period when most women would marry, and many would…
Drumroll please…
The Women’s History Network Blog will be launched on the 1st March 2010 to celebrate Women’s History Month. This year the theme is ‘writing women back into history’ and we plan to do just that with a post for every…