The program looks amazing - looking forward to it!

Very much looking forward to attending this conference & presenting my work on obstetric violence and the birth rape movement!

A final festive reminder about our conference before we sign off for the year. The programme is now available on our website and everyone is invited to sign up (free of charge) via the link below. ✨ Merry Christmas! ✨

We are delighted to share the programme for our upcoming conference! We will be running fourteen panels across two days in early February - all online and open to everyone 😊 please see our website for more details on speakers, panels and how to book.

We are very lucky to have the brilliant @sarahcrook.bsky.social as our keynote speaker for this conference. The title of Sarah's paper is "Cradles of Discontent: Motherhood as a Pathway to Activism in Modern Britain".

At the Carpet Museum last week we spoke to a mother who thinks she might have had one of the very first water births offered at Ronkswood Hospital! It was offered at an antenatal course - also at Ronkswood - which was free to join through the National Health Service. @worcesteruni.bsky.social

Join us at the next Birth Stories community event to tell us your story. Friday 16 January at Droitwich Spa Community Hall, Heritage Way from 10:30am to 12:30pm. If you can't come to an event email [email protected] and we'll get back in touch. @voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social @ukri.org

We are very lucky to have the brilliant @sarahcrook.bsky.social as our keynote speaker for this conference. The title of Sarah's paper is "Cradles of Discontent: Motherhood as a Pathway to Activism in Modern Britain".

Very much looking forward to attending and presenting at this exciting conference - have a look and register if you’d like to come!

Looking forward to presenting my work on single mothers and maintenance claims at what is sure to be a fantastic conference📚

it was a pleasure to draw up this programme with Anna, Eve and @ruthdav.bsky.social - please share widely and we hope to see you in February!

So excited for this important conference on the Politics of Motherhood in Feb- open to all! I'll be speaking about how narratives of motherhood were mobilised in discussions about and by sex workers in late twentieth-century Britain. Fantastic range of speakers and panels

This looks amazing. 🤩

Fabulous-looking conference for those interested in motherhood/birth/caring/reproductive justice.

Looking forward to speaking at this conference on the 'non-mothers' of the London Foundling Hospital.

Thank you Laura! We hope you can join us in February 😊

We are delighted to share the programme for our upcoming conference! We will be running fourteen panels across two days in early February - all online and open to everyone 😊 please see our website for more details on speakers, panels and how to book.

Always good to hear the voices of motherhood and see the vintage images of midwives, nurses and health visitors (NB: assumption about staff in uniforms).

Join us at the Museum of Carpet to tell us about your birth story! Friday 12 December at Museum of Carpet, Kidderminster from 10:30am-12:30pm. We have games, conversation starters and refreshments. Childcare responsibilities? Bring them! We've got toys! @voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social

Will you join us next week for the second of our Birth Stories community events? We'll be at the Museum of Carpet, Stour Vale Mill in Kidderminster from 10:30am to 12:30pm. Come and get a cuppa and tell us your story in a safe space. Or email [email protected]

Our next 'Birth Stories' session is on Fri 12 December 10:30-12:30. We want your stories! We have games & objects from our collection to play with, and activities to keep the little ones busy. If you can't make it email [email protected] medicalmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/202...

Another update from us to round off the week! We were absolutely delighted by the overwhelming response to our conference, and have now been in contact with all of our speakers. We are aiming to share our official programme in the first week of December so watch this space!

Another update from us to round off the week! We were absolutely delighted by the overwhelming response to our conference, and have now been in contact with all of our speakers. We are aiming to share our official programme in the first week of December so watch this space!

Thank you for having us 😊 it was great to share some early findings from our project. If you weren't able to join us but are interested in learning more about these topics, please get in touch with us!

Tonight we enjoy bite-sized talks with experts about what it is to be, and not to be, a mother in the UK in history. All part of @beinghumanfest.bsky.social and our current project to discover the history of motherhood and birth @voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social medicalmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/202...

If you're in Worcester this evening do come and join us!

Join us at @gmmedicalmuseum.bsky.social on Thursday evening for a panel of bite-sized talks on the history of motherhood. Speakers include Sharon Young, Anna Muggeridge, Lucy Arnold and @beckierutherford.bsky.social - we would love to see you there!

We want to hear your memories of birth. As part of projects by @voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social we'll be travelling around Worcestershire gathering all of your stories. Our first venue is Perdiswell Young People's Leisure Centre, Worcester on Friday 21 November 10:30am to 12:30pm. Join us!

Bite-sized talks on MOTHERHOOD for @beinghumanfest.bsky.social. We will explore representations of being, and not being, a mother in the UK. Talks by Lucy Arnold, Beckie Rutherford, Sharon Young and Anna Muggeridge. Q&A follows. Thursday 13 November 6pm-8pm. medicalmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/202...

Exactly! Thanks Chloë 😊 Dr Anna Muggeridge from @worcesteruni.bsky.social will be giving a short talk at 11:00 and 12:00 on the challenges of finding and archiving stories of being childfree throughout history.

Tomorrow morning we will be running a pop up at the Kiln just off Worcester High Street. Do drop in if you're interested in learning more about the history of being childfree by choice. It will be a relaxed, positive space and we would love to see you there!

Our first @beinghumanfest.bsky.social event is happening tomorrow! Come along to learn more about oral history and how it can be used to capture stories of motherhood and family life.

Thank you to everyone who has submitted an abstract for our Politics of Motherhood conference! We think we've responded to everyone but if you haven't heard back from us yet then please re-send your email to make sure we don't overlook your submission. 📩 [email protected] 📩

Our third event is a panel of bite-sized talks on literary and historic representations of motherhood, in partnership with @gmmedicalmuseum.bsky.social. 📍George Marshall Medical Museum (WR5 1DD) 🗓️ Thursday 13 November ⏱️ 18:00-20:00 (4/4)

Our second event is a drop-in pop up exploring past and present experiences of choosing to be childfree. 📍The Kiln (WR1 2HB) 🗓️ Saturday 8 November ⏱️10:00-13:00 (3/4)

Our first event is a workshop exploring how we can use oral history to preserve stories about motherhood. 📍Tudor House Museum (WR1 2NA) 🗓️Friday 7 November ⏱️10:00-13:00 (2/4)

Exciting news! 🎉👀 We are running a series of events in and around the city of Worcester as part of the 2025 Being Human Festival @beinghumanfest.bsky.social The theme is "Marginalised Motherhoods" and our aim is to capture critical and creative responses to motherhood and its absence. (1/4)

Come to a community drop-in event to share your birth story! We want to hear mothers' memories of pregnancy and birth through the decades. Drop-in events are at the following venues between 10:30am and 12:30pm. Refreshments provided. Join us!

Exciting news! 🎉👀 We are running a series of events in and around the city of Worcester as part of the 2025 Being Human Festival @beinghumanfest.bsky.social The theme is "Marginalised Motherhoods" and our aim is to capture critical and creative responses to motherhood and its absence. (1/4)

Thank you to everyone who has submitted an abstract for our Politics of Motherhood conference! We think we've responded to everyone but if you haven't heard back from us yet then please re-send your email to make sure we don't overlook your submission. 📩 [email protected] 📩

📢 final update from us 📢 1 November is a soft deadline and we will happily accept any abstracts that arrive a few days later! If you would like to put something together but don’t have anything ‘formal’ yet, just let us know and we’ll bear this in mind. Our email is: [email protected]

📢 final update from us 📢 1 November is a soft deadline and we will happily accept any abstracts that arrive a few days later! If you would like to put something together but don’t have anything ‘formal’ yet, just let us know and we’ll bear this in mind. Our email is: [email protected]

📢 call for papers update 📢 This conference has a very flexible approach to periodisation and historical understandings of ‘the modern’. We welcome all papers that engage with motherhood in the 19th, 20th and 21st century so make sure to send us your abstracts before 1 November!

📢 call for papers update 📢 This conference has a very flexible approach to periodisation and historical understandings of ‘the modern’. We welcome all papers that engage with motherhood in the 19th, 20th and 21st century so make sure to send us your abstracts before 1 November!

The newspapers reported on May Lilley as a 'Sad Case at The Asylum'. Volunteer Clare has looked into her history and written it up here. Thanks Clare! medicalmuseum.org.uk/outside-the-...

Thank you very much @royalhistsoc.org and @ihrwomen.bsky.social for sharing our call for papers in your newsletters. You still have almost three weeks to send us your abstract!

Thank you very much @royalhistsoc.org and @ihrwomen.bsky.social for sharing our call for papers in your newsletters. You still have almost three weeks to send us your abstract!

One month to go until our abstracts submission deadline! Full details can be found on our website and please email us [[email protected]] with any questions.

It's a privilege to welcome @sarahcrook.bsky.social as our keynote speaker for this conference. Sarah's paper is drawn from her new book 'Unhappy Mothers: Women, motherhood, and social change in postwar Britain' which is available to read Open Access.

We are so much looking forward to this conference. Do share widely