Ruth Beazley has generously provided the following excerpt from her book. The layout is slightly compromised in transferring the text and photos to the blog format. WHN Admin. ‘Stansfield Grange. Home of the Triangle Mill Sisters’ This book traces the history…
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News items of interest to WHN Members
July IFRWH newsletter
The latest IFRWH (International Federation for Research into Women’s History) Newsletter is now available to download here: July 2016: IFRWH-newsletter-July-2016
Changes to WHN Members Login
WHN members – you now only need to login once to access all features of the WHN website and the WHN members publication database. Just use the login panel on the right with your normal username (your email address) and…
Should writing for the public count toward tenure?
Should writing for the public count toward tenure? was originally published in The Conversation on August 19, 2016. It raises issues that are relevant to all writers and academics. Although it is not strictly history – although possibly these requirements have changed…
STANSFIELD GRANGE. HOME TO THE ‘TRIANGLE MILL SISTERS’
Ruth Beazley Stansfield Grange. Home to the ‘Triangle Mill Sisters’ The ‘Triangle Mill Sisters’ exhibition was awarded the WHN Community prize in 2014 and as a follow up Ruth Beazley has written a book and created a web site both…
WOMEN ATHLETES ARE STILL PUT IN SECOND PLACE AT THE OLYMPICS – IT’S TIME TO SPRINT TOWARDS EQUALITY
First published in The Conversation, August 2016. Women athletes are still put in second place at the Olympics – it’s time to sprint towards equality Laura Hills Senior Lecturer in Sociology of Sport, Brunel University London Disclosure statement Laura Hills receives…
Historical Fiction by Women, About Women: Update
August is Women in Translation Month! August 1, 2016 Jyotsna Sreenivasan August has been designated as a month to focus on translated literature by women. In honor of Women in Translation Month, I’ve written a guest post over at For…
Menstruation: Some political dimensions
WHN Admin. Why can’t undercover activities be useful? The Women’s Decameron[1] begins with Emma, confined to a maternity hospital with nine other mothers, decrying their lamentation that a skin infection has imprisoned them preventing their departure for home…
Obstacles to social mobility in Britain date back to the Victorian education system
Originally published in The Conversation, August 2016. Author: Jonathan Godshaw Memel Postdoctoral researcher and AHRC Cultural Engagement Fellow,, University of Exeter Disclosure statement Jonathan Memel receives funding from Great Western Research, The National Trust and the Arts and Humanities Research…