This year eight books were submitted for the Women’s History Network book prize. It was a wonderful set of entries: every book was of a high academic standard, every book was well researched, every book made an original contribution…
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Details of winners of WHN prize
WHN Schools History Prize 2021 – Prizewinners
Tahaney Alghrani School’s Liaison Officer This year we challenged the students to create a poster which illustrates one of two themes: Extraordinary women working for today and tomorrow. Heroines who have made an impact locally, nationally or internationally in the past…
WHN MA Dissertation Prize 2021
The Women’s History Network is offering one £250 prize for a Masters dissertation on any aspect of women’s or gender history (though substantially focused on women) written during the 2020-2021 academic year. We welcome research on any period and place:…
WHN Undergraduate Dissertation Prize 2021
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 2020-2021 academic year. We welcome research on any period and place:…
WHN Schools History Prize 2021
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. WHN…
The Role of Women’s Genealogical Societies in the Rewriting of American History, c. 1890-1914 by Anya Cooper
In the aftermath of the Civil War, American nationalists faced the question of how to forge a participatory sense of allegiance to a nation recently divided over slavery. The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) and the United Daughters of…
WHN Community History Prize 2021
This annual prize of £500 is awarded to the team behind a Community History Project by, about, or for women in a particular locale or community which has been completed between the 1 January 2020 and 31st May 2021. …
Undergraduate Dissertation Prize 2020
We received 19 submissions for the WHN Undergraduate Dissertation prize on a diverse range of topics, time periods and geographical contexts. The standard of the entries was incredibly high and a real celebration of undergraduate women’s history .The students drew…
MA Dissertation Prize
The Women’s History Network is offering one £250 prize for a £250 prize of a Masters dissertation on any aspect of women’s or gender history written during the 2019-2020 academic year. The WHN welcomes research on any period and place,…