Born #OTD 1806, #OTD 1867 John Stuart Mill, philosopher & MP, moved an amendment to the Reform Bill to include women - on the same terms as men. A statue is most certainly a #suffrageobject - as you’ll see in my forthcoming The British Women’s Suffrage Movement in 100 Objects - see link in bio

It's tomorrow. We hope to see you there.

I grew up in the 1950/60s near Roebuck House, hearing stories of Despard, who was a titan. Coincidentally, I now live near Vauxhall in London, where she was a poor law guardian 1894-1903. Equally coincidentally, today I was in the Women's Library at the LSE, which holds her diary of the Russian trip

Our next hybrid talk is on 20 May at 2.30pm in LSE Library. Dr Jane Berney and Dr Katie Broomfield will talk about women in the professions of accountancy and of law. Email [email protected] if you'd like to come. More info here: friendsofthewomenslibrary.org.uk/fotwl-events...

Women! You don't have to make your mark on the House of Commons today by any nefarious means - just cast your vote. But look at the lengths to which these dastardly suffragettes were prepared to go ... womanandhersphere.com/2026/05/07/s...

Our next hybrid talk is on 20 May at 2.30pm in LSE Library. Dr Jane Berney and Dr Katie Broomfield will talk about women in the professions of accountancy and of law. Email [email protected] if you'd like to come. More info here: friendsofthewomenslibrary.org.uk/fotwl-events...

A week to go until Clara Jones @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social talks about Virginia Stephen, the People's Suffrage Federation and her links to The Women's Library. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/virginia-s...

This was a bit like choosing a favourite child...

New blog about The Women's Library exhibition by guest curators. blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsehistory/2...

📢 Undergraduate Dissertation Prize 2025–2026 The Women’s History Network is awarding £250 for the best dissertation in women’s and/or gender history. womenshistorynetwork.org/undergraduat... #WomensHistory #GenderHistory #AcademicTwitter #UndergradResearch #history

A scene from a 1913 film, ‘The Suffragette’. To read about its rediscovery (albeit not in moving form) see the latest post on my website…via link in bio. #suffrageobjects #suffragettes #silentfilm

I'm on BBC Radio 4 this afternoon talking to Coco Khan and Matthew Parris about the jujitsuffragette Edith Garrud! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

For #LesbianVisibilityDay - how lesbians made themselves visible in the 1921 UK census. (Free, open access)

Please buy a book from Afrori this week. It's Britain's largest supplier of books by black authors and is facing closure. afroribooks.co.uk

We’re delighted to announce Sophie Weinberg as the winner of our 2025 MA Dissertation Prize 🎉 Her work on matrilineal printing houses uncovers how women sustained and inherited print businesses across generations in the 17th century English book trade. womenshistorynetwork.org/winner-of-th...

War Office is 'dead against them' Katherine Furse @fotwl.bsky.social event friendsofthewomenslibrary.org.uk I learnt more about British Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment WW1 digital.library.lse.ac.uk/Documents/De... @womenshistnet.bsky.social @lsegender.bsky.social @womenslibrary.bsky.social

Join us this Wednesday 2.30pm at LSE Library for our hybrid talk by Sheena Evans on 'One family, two centuries, two careers: lessons learnt by Dr (Dame) Janet Vaughan (1899-1993) from the example of her aunt, Dame Katharine Furse (1875-1952)'. Email [email protected] for link.

@carolinederry.bsky.social and I have written about our research for @theconversation.com doi.org/10.64628/AB....

The new piece by me and @drcisme.bsky.social in @theconversation.com isn't a cheerful topic for weekend reading - but it is an important one.

My book Legal Temporalities of Sexual Consent is out with @edinburghup.bsky.social later this month! The law on sexual consent is notoriously problematic – but why focus on time? 🧵(1/7) 🌈🎓

Many thanks to The Women's Library who hold and care for the archives of St Joan's International Alliance. @fotwl.bsky.social @gillianmurphy.bsky.social @lselibrary.bsky.social . This research couldn't happen without them!

The Archives holds a number of Women’s Institute records, ranging from the papers of individual branches to the Gwent Federation. Records include photographs, minutes, and references to quirky competitions such as “best valentine”, “homemade sweets” and “most articles in a handbag."

Exciting news! I've signed a contract to write my first solo book - on women, politics and the battle for equal franchise between 1918 and 1928. It will be published for the centenary of the Equal Franchise Act in 2028 by @yalebooks.bsky.social Suffraduck is on my desk waiting for me to start! 🗃️

I have a new article in @historyworkshop.org.uk that explores the resourcing of feminist activism in the 1970s. Come for the rants about typing, stay for the study of jumble sales as feminist praxis! 🗃️ academic.oup.com/hwj/advance-...

LSE Library is celebrating 100 years of The Women’s Library and will hold a talk by Clara Jones (Kings College London) on 14 May about Virginia Stephen’s link to suffrage campaigning – you might know her better as Virginia Woolf! More info is here: friendsofthewomenslibrary.org.uk/2026/04/02/v...

Keep the history of women's activism alive. Become a Friend of The Women's Library: friendsofthewomenslibrary.org.uk/become-a-fri...

@theguardian.com editotrial on our co-curated Exhibition at @lselibrary.bsky.social, led by @gillianmurphy.bsky.social. "The curators also highlight...the work of...internationalist feminists who opposed imperialism and championed women’s rights around the world". www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

'The Guardian' view on the Women's Library at 100: a cause of celebration but not complacency www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS: Celebrating the Centenary of the Women’s Library and 100 Years of Women’s History (1926-2026). 3-4 September 2026, LSE & Friends House (Euston Road) More information is on our website: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-c...

Join us on Tuesday, 7th April at 7pm BST for the penultimate session of the Spring Series, feat. Dr Samuel Beckton's paper: 'A minority within a minority: The role of women in the Protestant Associations of Cavan, Donegal, and Monaghan, 1920-2016'. Sign-up: womenshistorynetwork.org/seminar-klax...

New on the blog! @kating03.bsky.social explores the life of Scottish suffragist Katherine Walker Lindsay, piecing together her story through extensive archival research, including newspaper and census records #suffrage #votesforwomen #womenshistory womenshistorynetwork.org/scottish-suf...

Editing Women in Archives project is an exciting project supported by the Pakistan Association of Women Publishers and Editors (PAWPE) and Teesside University. A talk about the project is tomorrow at 2pm. Lots about women's magazines. More details here: englishassociation.ac.uk/thinking-for...

Exciting book post today! Nice to see so many pals, old and new, writing in it.

I've just published Follow the Colours: A Play in Two Acts, a historical drama set during the women's suffrage campaign in the 1900s.

If you're in Bristol, don't miss this briliant play at Alma Theatre by Seizing the Day theatre company - Wearing the Trousers: The story of Vesta Tilley. I saw it last night and loved it! seizingthedaycompany.co.uk/395-2/ #theatre #VestaTilley #musichall

🎉 2025 Leah Leneman Essay Prize Winner 🎉 We are delighted to announce @historyfinn.bsky.social as the winner of the 2025 Leah Leneman Essay Prize for “In her Tyme”: Temporal-Literacy, Work and Scottish Noblewomen (1630–1710) womenshistoryscotland.org/2026/03/22/2... Congratulations, Finn! 👏

Join us on Tuesday, 24 March at 4pm UK time for our next online seminar. We will be hosting Dr Ellen Hope Durban who is going to discuss her research on 'Activism for Married Lesbian Mothers in Britain in the 1970s and 1980s'. Read more and sign up here: womenshistorynetwork.org/sign-up-for-...

Thank you to everyone who joined us last night for a very special and memorable evening launching our exhibition, The Women’s Library at 100: celebrating a century of collections. See more on upcoming events and explore the stories within this historic collection - www.lse.ac.uk/library/twl100

Tonight, the Friends of the Women's Library @fotwl.bsky.social were also there, along with archives including @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy @thelondonarchives.bsky.social @tharchives.bsky.social And there's a brilliant exhibition zine!

Looking forward to meeting everyone at LSE Library event to launch a new exhibition and celebrate a 100 years of The Women's Library. Come and say hello. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-womens...

So pleased the wonderful @newsouthpublishing.bsky.social will publish ‘The Book that Taught the World to Orgasm and then Disappeared’ in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. & what a gorgeous cover! unsw.press/books/the-bo...

We are pleased to announce the annual WHN book prize which awards £500 for an author’s first single-authored monograph in women’s or gender history. Entries close on 31 July 2026. More information: womenshistorynetwork.org/23238-2/ Group of young women studying, Washington. c. 1899. #WomenHistory

A fascinating and inspiring event - and do check out this toolkit!

Thanks to all who joined us this evening to launch #womensgrassrootsactivism #Activism100+ Toolkit. It's out in the world 🥳 & download your copy 👇. Incredibly grateful to members of @soroptimistgbi.bsky.social @womensinstitute.bsky.social #ICA & WI Northern Ireland who made this project happen 🙏.

Today on #IWD we honour Amy Levy, Jewish poet, novelist, essayist, and Cambridge Alumna. 🔎Levy's Archive at the UL: https://loom.ly/RHh3bbc#IWD With thanks to @thefnl.bsky.social, Arts Council England, Rothschild Foundation, T. S. Eliot Foundation.

It's International Women's Day, so why not read HOWL's newest story by Helen Martins? She speaks about he impact of Spare Rib magazine on her life and politics. Strength, support and solidarity with women all over the world. howl-uk.org/an-afternoon...

Happy International Women’s Day! Here’s a list by the excellent Dani Johns of 400+ female comedians working at pro and semi-pro level in the UK. Turns out there are quite a few of us 🥳 Notes, caveats, and how to recommend someone are in the images. #IWD docs.google.com/document/d/1...

For #InternationalWomensDay, @socialscience2.bsky.social recommends seven books based on a new exhibition celebrating the centenary of The Women's Library @lselibrary.bsky.social @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social @fotwl.bsky.social @gillianmurphy.bsky.social #IWD