A Warrior of the People (2016) St Martin’s Press New York. Joe Starita Although a dedicated kindle reader, I picked up this biography and immediately felt the pleasure of holding a well published book. This one is comfortable to…
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Women’s Workwear Styles: surviving the Past 100 Years
Thank you to Carolyn Greenwood from Aspinall London provided the following text and media. Women’s Workwear Styles: Surviving the Past 100 Years From the androgynous waistlines of the twenties all the way up to Ally McBeal’s microminis, the history…
Shadow of a Century
Jean Grainger Shadow of a Century (2015) Scarlett O’Hara, named by her romantic mother, after the Gone With The Wind character, is a journalist. Through her own romantic involvement that leads to her downfall (and the novel’s exposure of…
Rachel Heyhoe-Flint blazed a trail for women’s cricket, but change comes slowly to the ‘gentleman’s game’
Rachael Heyhoe-Flint blazed a trail for women’s cricket, but change comes slowly to the ‘gentleman’s game’ January 21, 2017 7.23pm AEDT Alun Hardman Author Alun Hardman Senior Lecturer in Sports Ethics, Cardiff Metropolitan University Disclosure statement Alun Hardman does not work…
From battered wife to major writer: Madame de Graffigny and her tell-all Correspondance
From battered wife to major writer: Madame de Graffigny and her tell-all Correspondance Posted on 6 March 2015 by voltairefoundation For International Women’s Day on 8 March we want to celebrate Madame de Graffigny, an exceptional eighteenth-century woman who overcame…
Françoise de Graffigny, gouvernante et observatrice de l’éducation des femmes
Republished from the Voltaire Foundation blog with the permission of Pippa Faucheux. WHN Admin. Posted on 8 March 2017 by voltairefoundation Françoise de Graffigny by Pierre-Augustin Clavareau. Lunéville, musée du château des Lumières. Photo: T. Franz, Conseil départemental 54. Pour…
Women doctors in WW1: fighting to do their bit
Katrina Kirkwood’s ‘Women doctors in WW1: fighting to do their bit’, could be read in conjunction with the information provided by Zvezdana Popovic and recently publicised in the WHN blog (Deeds Not Words). A ‘Taster ‘ from Kirkwood’s book, The Mystery of Isabella and…
Women’s History Network Community History Prize 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…