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A national association supporting those who are passionate about women's and gender history. Can now be found at Bluesky & LinkedIn @womenshistnet.bsky.social
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Joined March 2011
📢 We're moving! Follow us on Bluesky and LinkedIn to stay updated with the latest from the Women's History Network. This page will no longer be updated. Don't miss out on all our latest news and content! 🌟 #WomensHistory #GenderHist #History
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The Women's History Network is now accepting submissions for the WHN Undergraduate Dissertation Prize 2024-2025!🎉 If you have a passion for women's history, read more and apply here: https://t.co/hr4jBXnpj0
#WomensHistory #AcademicExcellence #UndergraduateResearch
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The Women’s History Network is offering one £250 prize for an undergraduate dissertation on any aspect of women’s or gender history (though with a strong focus on women) written during the 2024-202…
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Kick off London Fashion Week by exploring the history of the lingerie dress. Discover how this iconic style, adorned with lace, embroidery, and ruffles, reigned supreme in the early 1900s. https://t.co/XBBXqonrfG
#LondonFashionWeek #FashionHistory #WomensHistoryNetwork
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In lingerie dresses the design details, such as ribbons and lace insertions, segmented the body in a way that emphasised the desirable fashionable silhouette. Whereas earlier in the decade the body…
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We’ll be archiving this page soon, and it will no longer be active. Do follow us on Bluesky instead! #WomensHistory #GenderHistory
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On this day, 19 February 1913, suffragettes Lilian Lenton and Olive Wharry were arrested and charged with setting fire to the tea pavilion in Kew Gardens. Learn more on this @UkNatArchives education resource #WomensHist #GenderHist #Suffragettes
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On 17 February 1909 Muriel Matters, Australian-born suffrage supporter, organised an airship emblazoned with "Votes for Women" to distribute Women’s Freedom League leaflets over parliament for the state opening. #WomensHistory #GenderHist
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You ca also find us on LinkedIn! https://t.co/yzqr3VQwMa
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Women's History Network | 722 followers on LinkedIn. Your go-to place for all things women’s history! | We are a national association and charity dedicated to promoting women’s history and encourag...
Just a reminder that the Women's History Network is now on Bluesky! Follow us at @womenshistnet.bsky.social to stay updated with all our latest women's history content, including news, events, and more. https://t.co/pSkvixGvk6
#WomensHistory #GenderHist
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Just a reminder that the Women's History Network is now on Bluesky! Follow us at @womenshistnet.bsky.social to stay updated with all our latest women's history content, including news, events, and more. https://t.co/pSkvixGvk6
#WomensHistory #GenderHist
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Today at 6pm we welcome historian, Emily Callaci @LSEnews to discuss her new book, 'Wages for Housework: The Story of a Movement, an Idea, a Promise' telling the story of the campaign and its creative political vision since the 1970s. @PenguinBooks
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Join us for the book launch of 'Wages for Housework:The Story of a Movement, an Idea, a Promise'
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‘First, we Eat a Bagel, then, we Smash the Patriarchy.’ Learn more on the blog about queer Jewish women in late twentieth century Britain by Mie Jensen #LGBTHM #QueerHist
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In my work on non-heterosexual Jewish women’s lived experiences and practices in contemporary England and Israel, I have been struck by the many stories that have referenced involvement with NGOs a…
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New on the blog! @AlannahTomkins shares her new book, Nursing the English from Plague to Peterloo, 1660-1820. It looks again at the pre-Nightingale nurse and examines the origins of her denigration. @ManchesterUP
#nursing #histmed #womenshistory
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My first exposure to the history of nursing was the Ladybird book Florence Nightingale, in the ‘Adventure from History’ series. Like many primary-school children before and since, I was beguiled b…
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For World Radio Day, read about Dina Dobson, a pioneering archaeologist, educator, and radio broadcaster. Discover her remarkable contributions to British archaeology and BBC radio. Read more here: https://t.co/JmR9koKSEk
#WorldRadioDay #WomensHistory #RadioHistory
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During my PhD research on the role of professional archaeologists on BBC radio, one of the first files I accessed from the BBC Written Archives at Caversham was that of archaeologist Dina Dobson. I…
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📻✨ Celebrate World Radio Day by exploring the early days of women's broadcasting with the BBC's Women's Hour from 1923-4. Discover the pioneering efforts that brought women's voices to the airwaves. https://t.co/D7kBYanHX9
#WorldRadioDay #WomensHistoryNetwork #RadioHistory
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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 1…
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📣We are delighted to announce the 2025 recipients of the Joint BME Small Grants! This scheme is supported by Supported by @HistEdSocUK, @EcHistSoc, @history_uk, @HistoryWO, @RoyalHistSoc, @StudyLabHistory & @WomensHistNet ✨ https://t.co/zjSmNOtr6e
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We are delighted to announce the results of the latest round of the BME small grants funding scheme. This scheme is administered by SHS in partnership with the Economic History Society, History UK,…
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Celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science by reading about Marie Curie! Discover how her ground-breaking work in physics and chemistry continues to inspire women in STEM fields today: https://t.co/ZdbdPx7DnO
#WomenInScience #MarieCurie #WomensHistoryNetwork
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The ladies of Llangollen, or Lady Eleanor Charlotte Butler (1739-1829) and the Hon Sarah Ponsonby (1755-1832), were two Anglo-Irish elite women, who determined that they would forego heterosexual marriage – learn more on the blog. #LGBTHM
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For thirty years, the Women’s History Network has published articles and blogs on various women's topics. This reading list for LGBTQ+ History Month aims to enhance the visibility of our publications. #LGBTHM25 @LGBTHM 🌈 https://t.co/WRp8qxcqL9
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For thirty years, the Women’s History Network (WHN) have been publishing journal articles and blogs on myriad subjects about women. We have constructed this reading list for LGBTQ+ History Month, a…
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On 7 February 1914, the East London Federation of Suffragettes was expelled from the Women's Social and Political Union after disagreements. Find out more about the ELFS on the blog: https://t.co/UwKfPyGeft+
#OTD #WomensHistory
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In 2018 I carried out some research at Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archive for the Women’s Hall Exhibition, an event staged to showcase the incredible work of the East London Federation…
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On the blog, read about the “Strong Willed & Courageous … Margaret Schencke – A Woman of Fortitude” https://t.co/Zrv0VEOTz0
#WomensHistory #GenderHist
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On the blog, read about the Women’s Social and Political Union in Ireland by Katie Barclay. https://t.co/OwrxjOegmx
#WomensHistory #GenderHist
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In June 1914, the WSPU sent a letter, on headed notepaper with ‘Votes for Women’ emblazoned in purple at the top, to William Walsh, Archbishop of Dublin, demanding that he take intere…
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