The Friends of the Women’s Library regret that the talk on Clara Rackham on 17 November has had to be postponed. Mary Joannou is unwell, but it is not serious. The talk will be rescheduled in 2022. Mary would like…
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Radical Jewish Women: Nina Salaman (1877-1925)
Jewish Museum London is proud to be collaborating with the Women’s History Network on a Radical Women series, focusing on the lives of Jewish women who have made a significant impact, not only within the Jewish Community in Britain, but…
Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World: The Musical
By Kathrina Perry Interview with Frances Mayli McCann Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World is a new musical based on the book by Kate Pankhurst, a descendant of Emmeline Pankhurst, adapted by Chris Bush (Nine Lessons and Carols, Almeida…
‘The World through a Woman’s Eyes’: Jessie Ackermann and women’s mental mapping at the turn of the twentieth century
When first introduced to the concept of historical mental mapping, which aims to reconstruct shifting spatial imaginaries of continents and countries, I was struck by the overwhelming dominance of men’s accounts as source material. Was it fair to assume that women throughout history perceived the arrangement of the world’s spaces – countries, continents, regions and borders – in the same way as their male counterparts?
Mollie Hunte (1932-2015): Educator, Psychologist and Champion of Caribbean People, by Rebecca Adams
Mollie Hunte was an educational psychologist from British Guiana (now Guyana) born in 1932. She was a significant part of the Black Education Movement in the UK during the 1970s onwards and made a large impact on the African-Caribbean London…
A statue for the Past, Present and Future: making space for Betty Campbell, by Angela V. John
Photo courtesy of Ruth Cayford, MWW. Wednesday 29th September 2021 was no ordinary day in Cardiff. For a start there was glorious sunshine sandwiched in between days of seemingly relentless rain. And it was the culmination of years of planning,…
Writing a woman’s trauma: by Kate Clifford Larson
Writing a woman’s trauma. Balancing Fannie Lou Hamer’s silence with newly recovered testimony. By Kate Clifford Larson Please note this post contains discussion of sexual assault and police brutality. On Sunday morning, June 9, 1963, African American Civil Rights activist…
Jeannette Washington: Pittsburgh’s First Black Public Health Nurse, by Adam Lee Cilli
The sight of Jeannette Washington emerging from some tenement in Pittsburgh’s Lower Hill District was common. She had been a fixture in the Hill for half a century, tirelessly working to improve health in the Black community, prevent unnecessary deaths…
27th October: Stella Dadzie
Join us for a special seminar to mark Black History Month: Stella Dadzie, ‘A Kick in the Belly’ Wednesday, 27th October 2021 at 4pm (UK) Register on Zoom here Stella Dadzie is a feminist writer, historian and education activist, best…