News items of interest to WHN Members
In our latest fascinating blog we hear from Emily Priscott about her fascinating new book: Singleness in Britain, 1960-1990: Identity, Gender and Social Change The concept of spinsterhood might seem hopelessly dated, an obsolete category that more than a century…
The Women’s History Network is offering three WHN fellowships to support ECRs. Each fellowship is designed to provide financial support to those who have completed their doctorate but are yet to secure their first academic post. The fellowship includes: A bursary of…
Florence Nightingale, who was born 200 years ago, is rightly famed for revolutionising nursing. Her approach to caring for wounded soldiers and training nurses in the 19th century saved and improved countless lives. And her ideas on how to stay…
In this fascinating and timely blog, Dr Jane Freeland examines the relationship between the media, feminist activism and domestic violence in Cold War Berlin. As the postdoctoral coordinator of the International Standing Working Group on Medialization and Empowerment at the…
The Women’s History Network is offering a small grant of £1,000 for the holding of a one day conference on women’s history organised by full time or part time postgraduates in universities or other institutions of higher education in…
In our latest great blog, Dr Erika Denise Edwards gives us a tantalising glimpse into one story in her new monograph. On December 26, 1793 the ecclesiastical notary Tomas Montano informed don José Lino de León, a vicar of the…
In another special women’s history month blog we hear from Katie Holmes about the remarkable Diane Leather, the first woman to run a sub-five-minute mile Diane Leather made athletics history when, on 29th May 1954, she ran a mile in…
We can think of no better way to kick-off women’s history month than hearing about a campaign to commemorate the Vicwardian suffragist and suffragette, Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy. It gives me the greatest pleasure to introduce this blog by Susan Munro…
In this latest excellent blog Dr Holly Ashford examines ‘ideas of modern’ Motherhood in 1960s and 1970s Ghana. In 1967, those sitting on Ghana’s Committee on the Status of Women complained that the government wasn’t paying women any attention. Not…