The Women’s History Network is offering a small grant of up to £750 to support the direct costs of those researching women’s history outside of academia. While applicants may be in possession of a degree and/or postgraduate qualification, the grants…
Category: Prizes
Details of WHN prizes and entries
WHN Early Career Fellowships for 2022-23
The Women’s History Network is offering four WHN fellowships to support Early Career Researchers of women’s or gender history. Each fellowship is designed to provide financial support to those who have completed their doctorate but are yet to secure their first academic…
WHN Undergraduate Dissertation Prize 2022
The Women’s History Network is offering one £250 prize for an undergraduate dissertation on any aspect of women’s or gender history (though substantially focused on women) written during the 2021-2022 academic year. We welcome research on any period and place:…
Uncovering sexual assault and harassment in an early nineteenth-century letter – by Natalie Hanley-Smith
Harriet Ponsonby, Countess Bessborough (1761-1821), is perhaps best-known today for being the younger sister of the celebrated Duchess of Devonshire, Georgiana Cavendish (1757-1806). Although not as famous as her sister, Bessborough was a fascinating woman in her own right. As…
Sex and the City: Gender and the City of London – Emma Barrett
While discussing her career trajectory, an oral history participant disclosed her cancer diagnosis. Thrown, I said I was sorry. Her reply was shocking: ‘Don’t be, in many ways it was a good thing…it made me get off the hamster’s wheel’.…
“Bad” Breadwinners: The Necessity for a Lodger(s) in the Working-Class Homes of Victorian England – Vicky Holmes
Gathering a thousand plus newspaper reports of coroners’ inquests regarding lodgers and the households who took them in, I have been able to examine many aspects of this domestic arrangement. I have been able to ascertain a broad spectrum of…
Women’s History Network MA dissertation prize 2021
The WHN is delighted to announce the winners of the 2021 MA dissertation prize. The volume and quality of the entries we received speaks to the breadth and diversity of research into women’s history. All dissertations were written and researched…
WHN Schools History Prize 2022
March is Women’s History Month and the Schools’ Prize provides a fantastic opportunity for students to become immersed in ‘doing’ history. Submissions can be made by an individual, a pair or a group of students from the same school. This…
Women’s History Network Image Licence Grant
The Women’s History Network is pleased to announce a new grant to cover the cost of illustrative material in academic publications. Small grants are available to cover the costs of reproducing images in monographs or journal articles, for research which…