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Case Studies in Blame: Victorian Physicians, Working-Class Women and Tuberculosis in Scottish Charity Hospitals by Amy W. Farnbach

Professor Maggie Andrews / November 23, 2020

“Uncleanliness of the mind and body act and react,” wrote the Edinburgh-trained physician J. Milner Fothergill in his 1874 Maintenance of Health, “and perfect health of one is incompatible with an unhealthy state of the other.” The Victorian middle classes…

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Unlikely Angel: The Songs of Dolly Parton by Professor Lydia R. Hamessley

Dr. Kate Law / November 19, 2020

In mid-August 2020, Dolly Parton was in the news. This is not unusual, but the headlines were a bit bigger this time because, unlike her usual practice, Dolly had made a political statement. In a prominent interview for Billboard,[1] she…

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Born to Dance: Mary Hinkson and the Martha Graham Dance Company by Dr Victoria Phillips

Dr. Kate Law / November 8, 2020

“Race… It is an area of enormous sensitivity in this country. You know. Oh God, the things I listen to on public radio, I can’t believe it. But, you know, the part that’s unpleasant about that is: why do you…

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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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Passing the Baton: Black Women Track Stars and American Identity by Dr. Cat M. Ariail

Dr. Kate Law / October 30, 2020

Over the course of two days in July of 1962, more than 150,000 people packed Stanford Stadium in Palo Alto, California for the fourth edition of the United States-Soviet Union dual track and field meet, an event organized to encourage…

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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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Putting menopause on the map by Caroline Vollans

Dr. Kate Law / October 18, 2020

Menopause, a key aspect of most women’s lives, is no longer off limits. Much is written about it, increasing airtime on radio and TV is allocated to it, websites are dedicated to it, and support groups are burgeoning. As October…

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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. Following our establishment in 1991 we have grown year by year and today we are a UK national charity with members including working historians, researchers, independent scholars, teachers, librarians, and many other individuals both within academia and beyond. Indeed, the network reaches out...

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