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Lips that Touch Liquor: Fighting for the Face of Female Temperance by Dr Gemma Outen

Dr. Kate Law / November 2, 2020

Lips that Touch Liquor: Fighting for the Face of Female Temperance, forthcoming with the Royal Historical Society / University of London Press (2021), will be the first full-length examination of the female temperance movement. Women played a significant part in…

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Biography, Black History, Blog

Queen Mother Moore and Reparative Histories by Dr Hannah Ishmael

Dr. Kate Law / October 26, 2020

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…

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Black History, Blog

Diane Abbott: A Potted Herstory of a Pioneer by Drs Robin Bunce and Samara Linton

Dr. Kate Law / October 21, 2020

In many ways, Diane Abbott is a pioneer. In 1987, she became the UK’s first black woman MP. This alone was a historic achievement and should entitle her to a place in any serious history of British politics. However, this…

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Black History, Blog

Lilian Bader: one of the first Black British women in the Royal Air Force by Lucia Wallbank

Dr. Kate Law / October 19, 2020

In 1990, a group of African and Caribbean ex-service personnel appeared on an episode of the BBC television show ‘Hear-Say’. One woman explained why Britain’s Black citizens chose to take up arms in the Second World War. If Hitler had…

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Medieval Women and Urban Justice: Commerce, Crime and Community in England c.1300-1500 by Dr Teresa Phipps

Dr. Kate Law / October 5, 2020

When Margery Dod brought a plea of trespass to Nottingham’s borough court in April 1324, she listed a string of accusations against many members of the de Spondon family, likely to have been her neighbours, trading contacts, or both. Margery…

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Black History, Women's History

Black Women in Wartime Britain 1939-45 by Stephen Bourne

Dr. Kate Law / October 4, 2020

At the height of the London Blitz in 1941, Esther Bruce, who was then a young woman aged 28, became part of my family. Her Guyanese father had just died, so their neighbour, 63-year-old Granny Johnson (my great-grandmother), ‘adopted’ her.…

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Black History, Women's History

Black Women in Britain During the Great War By Stephen Bourne

Dr. Kate Law / October 1, 2020

With only a few exceptions, such as the Crimean war ‘doctress’ Mary Seacole, black and dual-heritage women have been ‘written out’ of British history. This is true of the many books published about Britain and the First World War and…

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I love you, my subject by Dr Jo Stanley

Dr. Kate Law / September 20, 2020

What’s an extrinsic joy if you’re a historian? For me it’s the simple-but-wonderful pleasure of continually finding both heroines and beloved new friends among the people whose histories I explore. They may be living, and so we can physically meet…

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Caroline Ganley and the School Care Committee: school meals and active citizenship before the Vote by Yvette Williams Elliott

Dr. Kate Law / September 14, 2020

The closure of schools to most pupils due to Covid-19 this year has once again highlighted the issue of food poverty, and raised fears for vulnerable children missing out on vital lunches and all the other social welfare provision provided…

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