Vicky Iglikowski-Broad
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Proud history nerd
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Oh hi Womenâs History Month đ Check out my new content on Sophia â¤ď¸
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Sophia Duleep Singh
Sophia Duleep Singh (1876â1948) was an Indian princess and a formidable figure in the women's suffrage movement.
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-collection/stories/sophia-duleep-singh/
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Matt Houlbrook
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Itâs 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
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Women's History Network
about 1 month ago
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-...
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Women's History Network
2 months ago
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 âhidden" women in African American history. Read more about Kaia here:
www.kaiaalderson.com
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Women's History Network
2 months ago
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 GrĂĄinne Lyons. More details here:
womenshistorynetwork.org/sign-up-now-...
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Sign up now for our âNew Approaches to Writing Womenâs Historiesâ Roundtable Event!
Our Autumn Seminar Series continues next Wednesday, 5 November 2025, at 4pm GMT, with a special roundtable event, New Approaches to Writing Womenâs Histories. We are thrilled to welcome Kaia âŚ
https://womenshistorynetwork.org/sign-up-now-for-our-new-approaches-to-writing-womens-histories-roundtable-event/
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Lorraine
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Women's History Network
2 months ago
đ 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
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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!
2 months ago
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Manchester University Press
2 months ago
Publishing today! Centring on a 1927 libel trial,
@tricksterprince.bsky.social
's latest book tells the story of the
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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
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Join us for Surveillance and Society: Reading Records Against the Grain â 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
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PAST Surveillance and Society: Reading records against the grain
Participants are invited to critically engage with case studies of a broad range of 20th century surveillance records at the archives
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/past-surveillance-and-society-reading-records-against-the-grain-tickets-1655236449779
3 months ago
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Women's History Network
3 months ago
This
#BlackHistoryMonth
, explore the challenges of uncovering the lives of womenâespecially Black, Asian & ethnic minority womenâwho left no written record. Read:
womenshistorynetwork.org/searching-fo...
#BHM2025
#InclusiveArchives
#WomensHistory
#GenderHistory
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3 months ago
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Women's History Network
3 months ago
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-...
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Sign up now for our next seminar with Dr Christine De Matos
Wednesday, 24 September 2025, at 10am BST/GMT+1 Sign-up now for our online-only zoom webinar here. Overlooked Occupiers: Women, Family, and the Home in Occupied Germany and Japan Women are often ovâŚ
https://womenshistorynetwork.org/sign-up-now-for-our-next-seminar-with-dr-christine-de-matos/
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HOWL
4 months ago
đ˘ HOWL is hiring a new part-time administrator! â° Deadline for applications Tuesday 30 September đ Zoom interview Monday 6 October The full job description is available on our website. Please email
[email protected]
with any questions.
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Women's History Network
4 months ago
A huge thank you to everyone who made the Womenâs History Network Annual Conference such a success â 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. đ
#WHNConf
#WomensHistory
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Women's History Network
4 months ago
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-..
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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...
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UK Government Web Archive Researcher Workshops
Explore the UK Government Web Archive, one of the worldâs largest openly accessible internet archives, in workshops.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-government-web-archive-researcher-workshops-tickets-1622094491289
4 months ago
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Dr Sarah Wingrove
4 months ago
I am absolutely delighted to be speaking about ways of doing lesbian history alongside
@norenashopland.bsky.social
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@elizabethlovatt.bsky.social
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@vickyig.bsky.social
and Professor Lisa Weston next month!
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Really looking forward to this!
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4 months ago
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Women's History Network
6 months ago
Weâre 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? Weâd love to hear your thoughts.
#EqualFranchise
#PublicHistory
#GenderHist
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đ Calling KS3 & KS4 students! đ¨ The National Archivesâ 2025 Pride Creative Competition is now open! Explore LGBTQ+ stories through art, writing, or performance. đ Learn more and enter:
nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/students/archive-experiences/competitions/2025-pride-competition
#Pride
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https://nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/students/archive-experiences/competitions/2025-pride-competition
7 months ago
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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...
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The Global Second World War: Conflict and Beyond - The MERL
Explore the global impact of the Second World War, with a focus on Polish experiences, in a workshop co-hosted with The National Archives.
https://merl.reading.ac.uk/event/the-global-second-world-war-conflict-and-beyond/
7 months ago
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When you were originally meant to go in 2020! Made it.
#Thailand
#Bangkok
9 months ago
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9 months ago
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Dr Jessamy Carlson
9 months ago
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...
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PAST Thematic Overview: Life Course Tracing (19th and 20thC)
An introduction to tracing people in the past, and uncovering information about how they lived their lives through the public records.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/past-thematic-overview-life-course-tracing-19th-and-20thc-registration-1246076611689
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Dr Lisa Berry-Waite
10 months ago
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...
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Working Women in History | The National Archives
To mark Womenâs History Month, we take a long view of working women. Our guest host, Jessamy Carlson invites three historians to explore the lives of
https://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/working-women-in-history/
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Women's History Network
9 months ago
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
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Miss Mary MacMahon and the Making of a Professional Network of Mobile Businesswomen in Early 20th Century Canada â Kirsten Widdes
Advertisements, such as this one, were placed in trade journals and emphasized the importance of properly trained, competent typists, highlighting both commercial training and the effectiveness of âŚ
https://womenshistorynetwork.org/miss-mary-macmahon-and-the-making-of-a-professional-network-of-mobile-businesswomen-in-early-20th-century-canada-kirsten-widdes/
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Dr Lisa Berry-Waite
10 months ago
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
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@jessamycarlson.bsky.social
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Wendy Rouse
10 months ago
They can never erase us because we wonât let them.
nyupress.org/blog/2025/03...
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Rewriting Women's History: How the National Parks Service Erased Transgender People from My Research by Wendy L. Rouse - NYU Press
Queer suffragists played an important role in the fight for womenâs right to vote. Annie Tinker had a number of romantic relationships with women and dressed in âmannishâ clothing to... READ MORE
https://nyupress.org/blog/2025/03/11/rewriting-womens-history-how-the-national-parks-service-erased-transgender-people-from-my-research-by-wendy-l-rouse/
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Dr Jessamy Carlson
10 months ago
The trailer for the next On the Record, The National Archivesâ podcast is out, featuring yours truly in the chair, speaking to three brilliant historians Kath Maude,
@lisaberrywaite.bsky.social
and
@vickyig.bsky.social
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podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
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Trailer: Working Women in History
Podcast Episode ¡ On the Record at The National Archives ¡ 10/03/2025 ¡ 2m
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/on-the-record-at-the-national-archives/id1460242815?i=1000698558240
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Oh hi Womenâs History Month đ Check out my new content on Sophia â¤ď¸
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-...
#womenshistoy
#genderhist
#WHM2025
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Sophia Duleep Singh
Sophia Duleep Singh (1876â1948) was an Indian princess and a formidable figure in the women's suffrage movement.
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-collection/stories/sophia-duleep-singh/
10 months ago
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Explore the history of public toilets & their role in society in two new pieces of content. âThe history of indecent advertisements in public toilets'
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Policing sex in public toilets in 1930s London
Records from the 1930s describe attempts to police sexual activities between men in public toilets â and officersâ thoughts on when (and how) to enforce the rules.
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-collection/stories/policing-sex-in-public-toilets-in-1930s-london/
10 months ago
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Kickass Women of History
10 months ago
Tuesday means podcast day! This week, Kay Jones from
@liverpoolmuseums.bsky.social
joins us to discuss the life & legacy of merchant sailor turned
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model, April Ashley
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Gillian Murphy
11 months ago
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
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#LGBTQ
#QueerHistory
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11 months ago
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Daniel F Gosling
11 months ago
This week! Come hear me chat about d'Eon's many interactions with the English Law Courts this Friday 14 February.
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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
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Narrating ephemeral archival presence: LGBTQ+ histories and Colonial Office records - The National Archives blog
PhD student Garfield Campbell looks at the challenge of tracing LGBTQ+ lives in colonial records.
https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/lgbtq-histories-and-colonial-office-records/
11 months ago
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Glasgow Women's Library
11 months ago
Discover women illustrators in twentieth-century Britain in this new story from
@artukdotorg.bsky.social
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artuk.org/discover/sto...
Inc. Jessie M King, Sylvia Pankhurst & Hannah Frank Image: 'Spring Frieze' by Hannah Frank (1908â2008) Š the artist's estate, from the GWL collection.
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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
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Queer connections: The policing of gay personal adverts in the 1960s
The 1960s saw the expansion of personal adverts in the gay community. But records in our collection show how those published in countercultural paper the International Times became part of a high-prof...
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-collection/stories/policing-of-gay-personal-adverts-1960s/
11 months ago
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Women's History Network
12 months ago
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...
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Women and Madness in the Early Romantic Novel: Injured Minds, Ruined Lives â Deborah Weiss
âWe are an Injured Bodyâ: Finding Inspiration in a Class on Jane Austen My new book, Women and Madness in the Early Romantic Novel: Injured Minds, Ruined Lives (Manchester University Press), originâŚ
https://womenshistorynetwork.org/women-and-madness-in-the-early-romantic-novel-injured-minds-ruined-lives-deborah-weiss/
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Women's History Network
12 months ago
#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
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Womenâs History Month: Mary Gawthorpe
On the 12 March 1973,  Yorkshire working-class suffragist Mary Gawthorpe died at ninety-two, after a decade of widowhood, in a nursing home in New York (borough of Queenâs). In England she haâŚ
https://womenshistorynetwork.org/womens-history-month-mary-gawthorpe/
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Join us for the Modern Britain Practical Archival Skills Training on Feb 18-19. Discover essential records at The National Archives with expert guidance, on themes from Home Office Records to protest. More info:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/past-skill...
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#ModernBritain
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12 months ago
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Dr Jessamy Carlson
about 1 year ago
Hello folks. The launch of my book âApproved Schools for Girls in England 1933-1973â will be at The National Archives in Kew in the early evening of January 14th. Itâs hybrid but would be lovely to see some friendly faces in person. More details here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
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Book launch: Approved School for Girls in England, 1933-1973
Join us for the launch of Jessamy Carlson's monograph âApproved School for Girls in England, 1933-1973â
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-approved-school-for-girls-in-england-1933-1973-tickets-1098043119529?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl
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Women's History Network
12 months ago
The saint and military leader Joan of Arc is said to have been born
#OTD
in 1412. She is often considered a feminist figure and symbol of freedom. Joan of Arc (1882) by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. đ¨
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Join us for a lived experience focus group on LGBTQ+ history at The National Archives! đđ đ Jan 31, 2025 đ 2:00 PM - 4:15 PM GMT đ Kew, Surrey Funding available.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/focus-grou...
#LGBTQHistory
#Archives
#Research
#QueerHistory
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Join us as we go on an adventure to uncover the mystery behind the Victorian diarist, Anne Lister - 10 Feb
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/se...
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History Mysteries: Anne Lister - The National Archives
Date: 10th February Time:âŻVideo shown at 1.30pm, live-streamed Q&A at 1.45pm  Duration:âŻ30 minutesâŻif watch video and Q&A; 15 minutes if only join for Q&A.  Suitability: Key Stage ThreeâŻ(Year 7-9) ...
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/sessions/history-mysteries-anne-lister/
about 1 year ago
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Women's History Network
about 1 year ago
New on the blog! Alice Rothchild offers an overview of her new memoir, 'Inspired and Outraged: The Making of a Feminist Physician' which provides a personal glimpse at womenâs history through free verse poetry
womenshistorynetwork.org/inspired-and...
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Inspired and Outraged: The Making of a Feminist Physician â Alice Rothchild
My memoir, Inspired and Outraged: The Making of a Feminist Physician, is both a chronicle of my life in the 1950s in a first-generation Jewish family, coming of age in the 1960s, and my embrace of âŚ
https://womenshistorynetwork.org/inspired-and-outraged-the-making-of-a-feminist-physician/
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Caroline Derry
over 1 year ago
First episode of Not For Want of Trying - a new podcast, on women's interwar legal landmarks. Starting with women's toilets in the Law Society!
womenslegallandmarks.podbean.com/e/episode-2-...
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Episode 1: Women Lawyers and Lavatories - Always a Feminist Issue? | Not for Want of Trying
Are women's toilets a feminist issue? In this episode, we speak to Eduardo Reyes, commissioning and features editor at the Law Society Gazette, about the Law Society's installation of womenâs lavatori...
https://womenslegallandmarks.podbean.com/e/episode-2-women-lawyers-and-lavatories-always-a-feminist-issue/
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