We are delighted to be welcoming Professor Judith S. Lewis to the Women’s History Network to discuss her recently published book, The Country House at War: A Story of Loss, Re-invention, and the Birth of a New Britain (Yale University…
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Seduction: Virtue on Trial
In February 1841 at the Henry Street office of the Dublin police, a girl named Mary Anne Quirk, aged 17, was charged with theft by her father Michael Quirk. It was her second appearance in front of Dr Kelly, the…
Women’s Work, Yesterday and Today, part three.
This is the final part of my interview with the University of Warwick’s knowledge portal, promoting the WHN conference, ‘Performing the self: women’s lives in historical perspective’. You can also read parts one and two. What do you think are the key factors…