A fantastic evening with Anne Lister and Aphrodite I at Love Letters, The National Archives. 💌 💕

Come and view our exhibition after dark for this exciting late event tomorrow. Last chance to book! 💌 🏳️‍🌈 💕 www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/whats-on/eve...

I haven’t talked about The Log Books: Voices of Queer Britain and the Helpline That Listened yet, but it’s so good! The archive material is rich, the authors are incredible, and it’s been a total privilege to help a little with the context. Check it out: www.faber.co.uk/product/9780...

Very excited to be part of this late event at The National Archives! Visit the Love Letters exhibition with MC HRH Aphrodite, get involved in historical speed dating & get creative with coded classified adverts. Still time to join us 👇 www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/whats-on/eve...

🖋️📜 Some #LoveLetters are written in longing. Some are written in law. We had the chance to preview @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy's new exhibition, free through April 12. Among many incredible items on display... Anne Lister & Ann Walker’s wills! (📹: @sazwingrove.bsky.social)

This is a beautiful, powerful, and important exhibition. It reminds us of how love can be found in the most unlikely sources and desperate circumstances.

So delighted to have some extended commentaries about some of the content, including from @tricksterprince.bsky.social! Multiple items on display are inspired by his wonderful work. Thank you Matt.

Our latest exhibition, Love Letters, is now open at The National Archives, revealing 500 years of love. From paupers, monarchs, queer networks & quiet acts of affection found in government records. Very proud to have been lead curator on this one, working with so many wonderful people! 💌

New on the blog! @harveybonehist.bsky.social and @txbatha.bsky.social share their fascinating research on the 1959 and 1974 General Elections, exploring the use of 'spousal letters' in candidate's #election pamphlets. #womenshistory #politicalhistory womenshistorynetwork.org/a-word-to-th...

⚡ Lightning Talks at The London Archives ⚡ Are you a student or ECR? Need feedback on your work? Can you summarise it in 5 minutes? Join us for Lightning Talks at The London Archives - a friendly event open to researchers of London and its history! 📆 Wed 11 February 🕔 5pm

It’s lovely to see that Songs of Seven Dials is one of the @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk recommended Christmas gifts. Thank you for the kind words (in the alt-text): they have got me in the festive spirit now. www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/collections/... #London #history #20s30s

We are very excited to have the privilege of hosting Prof Merry Wiesner-Hanks tomorrow at 4pm GMT. Merry will be discussing her book 'Women and the Reformations: A Global History'. Please do sign up to join us: womenshistorynetwork.org/sign-up-now-...

Ahead of our 'New Approaches to Writing Women's Histories' event, we want to shine a light on our fab speakers, starting with Kaia Alderson. Kaia is a historical fiction author passionate about highlighting “hidden" women in African American history. Read more about Kaia here: www.kaiaalderson.com

Registration for our 'New Approaches to Writing Women's Histories' event is now LIVE! Please do join us next Wednesday, 5 November 2025 at 4pm GMT for a fascinating discussion with Kaia Alderson and Gráinne Lyons. More details here: womenshistorynetwork.org/sign-up-now-...

@womenshistnet.bsky.social @womenslibrary.bsky.social @womenshistscot.bsky.social

🎓 Calling all MA students in women's history! Our MA Dissertation Prize 2025 is now open for submissions. Celebrate outstanding scholarship & share your work with the wider community. Deadline: 16 January 2026 womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-ma-disse... #WomensHistory #MAHistory #GenderHist

Brilliant to hear @tricksterprince.bsky.social in conversation with @julialaite.bsky.social tonight on the story of Seven Dials, discussing class, gentrification and racism in the 1920s and 1930s. Very much looking forward to reading this!

Publishing today! Centring on a 1927 libel trial, @tricksterprince.bsky.social's latest book tells the story of the #London neighbourhood of Seven Dials and its battles with racism and gentrification throughout the 20s and 30s, a struggle that would shape the city we know today. #booksky #history

Join us for Surveillance and Society: Reading Records Against the Grain — an exploration of how historical records reveal power, resistance, and surveillance. November 18 at The National Archives. Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/past-surve... #HistoryFromBelow #LGBTQHistory #BlackHistory

This #BlackHistoryMonth, explore the challenges of uncovering the lives of women—especially Black, Asian & ethnic minority women—who left no written record. Read: womenshistorynetwork.org/searching-fo... #BHM2025 #InclusiveArchives #WomensHistory #GenderHistory

Do join us! 👇

Don't forget to sign up for our seminar TOMORROW (Wed 24 Sep) at 10am BST. Dr Christine De Matos will be speaking on 'Overlooked Occupiers: Women, Family, and the Home in Occupied Germany and Japan'. You can find the link to register here: womenshistorynetwork.org/sign-up-now-...

📢 HOWL is hiring a new part-time administrator! ⏰ Deadline for applications Tuesday 30 September 📝 Zoom interview Monday 6 October The full job description is available on our website. Please email [email protected] with any questions.

A huge thank you to everyone who made the Women’s History Network Annual Conference such a success – our brilliant attendees, members, committee, & the wonderful organisers who brought it all together. We are grateful to be part of such a vibrant & inspiring community. 💜 #WHNConf #WomensHistory

Less than a week to go now until our 'Lesbian Histories and the Long View' Roundtable. Please do join us for what we are sure is going to be a really insightful discussion. Sign up link here: womenshistorynetwork.org/sign-up-now-...

Interested in digital history, government records, or web archiving? Join the UK Government Web Archive Researcher Workshops hosted by The National Archives this October! Dates: 7 Oct @ The National Archives, Kew 15 Oct @ Senate House, London Apply by 23 Sept: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-governm...

I am absolutely delighted to be speaking about ways of doing lesbian history alongside @norenashopland.bsky.social, @elizabethlovatt.bsky.social, @vickyig.bsky.social and Professor Lisa Weston next month!

Really looking forward to this!

We’re approaching the centenary of this monumental act in 2028. What would a meaningful anniversary look like to you? What should heritage organisations prioritise or showcase? We’d love to hear your thoughts. #EqualFranchise #PublicHistory #GenderHist

🌈 Calling KS3 & KS4 students! 🎨 The National Archives’ 2025 Pride Creative Competition is now open! Explore LGBTQ+ stories through art, writing, or performance. 🔗 Learn more and enter: nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/students/archive-experiences/competitions/2025-pride-competition #Pride #LGBTQ

Very excited to be involved in this event on Friday with a focus on Polish Second World War experiences merl.reading.ac.uk/event/the-gl...

When you were originally meant to go in 2020! Made it. #Thailand #Bangkok

I am teaching the basics of life course tracing (or tracing people in the past) again this May, online. More details here if you are interested. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/past-thema...

Thrilled to be a guest on The National Archives' podcast exploring the lives of working women in history with @vickyig.bsky.social @jessamycarlson.bsky.social & Kath Maude! Enjoyed talking about the Metropolitan Police Women Patrols #WomensHistoryMonth media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/wo...

Discover the remarkable story of Miss Mary MacMahon, who built a professional network of mobile businesswomen in early 20th century Canada. Read more in this blog by Kirsten Widdes womenshistorynetwork.org/miss-mary-ma... #WomensHistoryMonth #GenderHist

Great to part of this #WomensHistoryMonth episode on The National Archives' podcast, On the Record, talking about the Metropolitan Police Women Patrols. Especially with my wonderful former colleagues Kath Maude, @vickyig.bsky.social, and @jessamycarlson.bsky.social!

They can never erase us because we won’t let them. nyupress.org/blog/2025/03... 🗃️ 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

The trailer for the next On the Record, The National Archives’ podcast is out, featuring yours truly in the chair, speaking to three brilliant historians Kath Maude, @lisaberrywaite.bsky.social and @vickyig.bsky.social about women and work: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...

Oh hi Women’s History Month 👋 Check out my new content on Sophia ❤️ www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-... #womenshistoy #genderhist #WHM2025

Explore the history of public toilets & their role in society in two new pieces of content. ‘The history of indecent advertisements in public toilets' beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-...

Tuesday means podcast day! This week, Kay Jones from @liverpoolmuseums.bsky.social joins us to discuss the life & legacy of merchant sailor turned @vogue.globo.com.web.brid.gy model, April Ashley

Members of the campaigning group Women in Media sent a felt heart with a survey to all MPs to gauge their support for the second reading of the Anti-Discrimination Bill in 1972. The Bill later became the Sex Discrimination Act 1975. @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social #EYALove

Tomorrow! @lgbthm.bsky.social #LGBTQ #QueerHistory

This week! Come hear me chat about d'Eon's many interactions with the English Law Courts this Friday 14 February.

Really important reflections by student Garfield Campbell on the challenges of researching LGBTQ+ lives in colonial records. This is a really important but under-researched area of our collections. blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/lgbtq-histor... #LGBTQ #QueerHistory #LGBTHM

Discover women illustrators in twentieth-century Britain in this new story from @artukdotorg.bsky.social 👉 artuk.org/discover/sto... Inc. Jessie M King, Sylvia Pankhurst & Hannah Frank Image: 'Spring Frieze' by Hannah Frank (1908–2008) © the artist's estate, from the GWL collection.

Happy LGBT+ History Month! My new research, on community building and identity in classified adverts, and the policing of them post 1967: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-... #LGBTHistory #LGBTQ #LGBTHM25

New on the blog! Deborah Weiss shares how an undergraduate class she taught on 'Jane Austen and the Injured Body' inspired her new book 'Women and Madness in the Early Romantic Novel: Injured Minds, Ruined Lives' published by @manchesterup.bsky.social womenshistorynetwork.org/women-and-ma...

#OTD in 1881, Yorkshire working-class suffragist Mary Gawthorpe was born. Read more about her life and activism on the blog womenshistorynetwork.org/womens-histo... #WomensHistory #GenderHist