Women's History Network
@WomensHistNet
A national association supporting those who are passionate about women's and gender history.
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Recently discovered LSE Library has the archive of Ruth Christmas- one of Britain's best women middle-distance runners 1930s. see slides from a recent ALISS event from Dr Gillian Murphy
alissnet.com/aliss-womens-h… LSE Gender Glasgow Women's Library Women's History Network
Thrilled to announce that I’ve collaborated with community artist & illustrator Hazel East of Dashing East to fundraise for Manchester Women's Aid & Pankhurst Centre 🐝 via Pankhurst Trust.
We are selling copies of a suffragette glassbreakers map. Find out more: jennifergodfrey.co.uk
In 1888, the women and girls employed by Bryant & May in London's East End went on strike. What drove these workers to remove their labour and fight back? And what can government documents show us about the legal changes that followed?
#WomensHistory
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Tomorrow we're hosting a SOLD OUT event with Assist Women’s Network to celebrate the life and legacy of female politician, Mo Mowlam
We'll be exhibiting archive material from her collection which was donated by the MPs family following her death in 2005
#Archive30 #ArchiveCollection
The 1911 Census was taken on the night of 2 April, with protests from women who were unhappy about the lack of #suffrage . Check out the Mapping Women's Suffrage website, where I've blogged; for #Herefordshire stories, read #HardWorkButGlorious from Ledbury Books. mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk
We invite members of our participant orgs (Women's Institute SIGBI Irish Countrywomen's Association) to this online workshop, where you can learn more about archiving your organisation’s heritage - on 6 April, 10-1pm
Sign up here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/ahrc-womens-…
Today on International Transgender Day of Visibility we celebrate identities across the Trans community. Something explored in our blog 'When sources hurt: Researching anti-trans ideologies' by Rebecca Hickman #TransDayofVisibility
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Join us in commemorating the life of Jan Morris on the blog. By Jane Lilly and Bette Baldwin. womenshistorynetwork.org/commemorating-… #WomensHistoryMonth