In our latest post Doloranda Pember reflects on her book: In the wake of Mercedes Gleitze: Open Water Swimming Pioneer (The History Press, February 2019). When my mother died in 1981, little did I know of the full extent of…
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Victorian Penal Institutions for Juvenile Females and Mary Carpenter, by Tahaney Alghrani
In our latest post Tahaney Alghrani reflects on crime, gender and ‘reform’ in Victorian port cities. In recent months, youth knife crime has been much debated in the British press. These debates, however, are not new. Just as today there…
Ruth Cavendish-Bentinck by Dr. Gillian Murphy
In this latest post, Dr. Gillian Murphy (re) introduces us to Ruth Cavendish-Bentick, suffragette and socialist. Ruth Cavendish-Bentinck was the illegitimate daughter of Ferdinand St Maur, the elder son of the 12th Duke of Somerset, and a half-gipsy maid. Her…
EVENT: Escaping the Doll’s House: Women, the Arts, War and Work 1910-1920
Escaping the Doll’s House: Women, the Arts, War and Work 1910-1920. May 17 @ 10:30 am – 3:30 pm « The First World War and its Legacy, National Festival Legacies of the First World War Festival: Shared Heritage » To…
Gender, Family, and Politics: The Howard Women, 1485-1558 – Dr. Nicola Clark
In this fascinating post Dr. Clark tells us about her important new monograph: Gender, Family, and Politics: The Howard Women, 1485-1558 (OUP, 2018). The Howard family, Dukes of Norfolk, were the family most entwined with the Tudor dynasty during the…
The Politicization of Food: Women and food queues in the Second World War, by Charlotte Sendall
The Second World War highlighted many sacrifices women endured for their country. Food became more significant during the conflict as the nations resilience was tested by food shortages and regulations. It was primarily women, who struggled with food shortages and…
Representing Women – Dr Freya Gowrley
In this wonderful piece Dr. Freya Gowrley reflects on representation, fatness and body-shaming. When asked what Women’s History Month meant to me as the prompt for writing this blog post, my mind immediately went to issues of representation. For me,…
Labour Women in Power: Cabinet Ministers in the 20th century – Dr. Paula Bartley.
(L-R Margaret Bondfield, Ellen Wilkinson, Barbara Castle, Judith Hart and Shirley Williams) In this post, Dr. Paula Bartley gives us a sneak peak of her fabulous new book: Labour Women in Power: Cabinet Ministers in the 20th century (Palgrave Macmillan,…
What Women’s History Month Means to Me, Dr. Ana Stevenson
In this powerful blog, Dr. Ana Stevenson reflects on the enduring importance of ‘hidden histories’ and ‘inspirational’ women. In 1972, Ms. Magazine began a “Lost Women” series, dedicated to sharing the histories of women from around the world. Over the…