In 2019 BBC News reported that while on an official engagement in Cambridge, the then 93-year-old Queen Elizabeth II had told onlookers that she was ‘still perfectly capable of planting a tree.[1] The planting of a tree is perhaps one…
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News items of interest to WHN Members
Lady Constance Lytton: 1869-1923 – Lyndsey Jenkins
22 May 1923 marks one hundred years since the death of Lady Constance Lytton, militant suffragette. She is most often remembered for the events of January 1910, when she disguised herself as a working-class activist, consciously making herself as ugly…
27th May 2023: Local and Community History Month – Grabbing Back Project
Sign-ups are open for our special seminar in honour of Local and Community History Month in the UK! We’ve invited the Director and Editor of the Grabbing Back Project, Graciela Madrid and Katie Moody, to tell us all about their…
British women and Latin American independence movements 1800-1825
It is well-known that Mary Wollstonecraft travelled to Paris to witness the French Revolution that she had celebrated in A Vindication of the Rights of Men. Less well-known are British women who supported Latin American revolutionaries fighting for liberation from…
Early radio broadcasting for women in the BBC’s Women’s Hour 1923-4 – Kate Murphy
Many readers will know of Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, which has been broadcast on the BBC for more than 75 years. Far less well known is an earlier programme called Women’s Hour, which first appeared 100 years ago, on 2…
Biography’s place in the study of sixteenth century Ottoman imperial women – Zhara Adal
The individual lives of sixteenth century imperial women are neglected in Ottoman studies. Scholars have usually focused on their notable achievements rather than their individual lives and identities. For example, Leslie Pierce’s The Imperial Harem (1993) describes the position of…
The Deportation of Greek Jews from Northern Greece to Nazi camps: Nadežda Vasileva’s testimony – Anna Batzeli
During World War II, Bulgaria joined forces with Nazi Germany. Prior to, and following this alignment with the Axis Powers, Bulgaria enacted several laws that imposed restrictions on the Jewish community, such as requirements to wear a yellow Star of…
TERN2023 Epistolary Times / Time in Letters 6-7 October 2023 (online symposium)
TERN2023 Epistolary Times / Time in Letters 6-7 October 2023 (online symposium) The clock is ticking. Schedules, delays, deadlines, queues worry our lives. Letters are often considered in terms of space and geographical distance. In 2023, TERN proposes to revisit…
Finding Betty Joel: Uncovering the hidden histories of interwar design, making and style – PhD opportunity
Applications are invited for a fully-funded collaborative four-year PhD to commence in October 2023 at the University of Portsmouth. The PhD will be based in the School of Art, Design and Performance and will be supervised by Professor Deborah Sugg…