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Archives The Women's Library Hall-Carpenter Archives
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Gillian Murphy
Friends of The Women's Library
4 days ago
Next week, Fiona Garwood is speaking on the Scottish Women's Hospitals. There will be a chance to view a rare Scottish Women's Hospitals' medal awarded to Philippa Strachey. More info:
friendsofthewomenslibrary.org.uk/events/
đď¸ Wed 12 Nov 2025 đ 2.30 â 4:00 PM đ LSE Library
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Events â Friends of the Women's Library
https://friendsofthewomenslibrary.org.uk/events/
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Gillian Murphy
Women's History Network
6 days ago
Applications are now open for the Ann Ball Bodley Visiting Fellowship in Womenâs History at
@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
offering scholars the opportunity to advance research in womenâs history. Find full details:
www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowsh...
#WomensHistory
#ResearchFellowship
#BodleianLibraries
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Bodleian Visiting Fellowships in Special Collections
https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowships/bodleian-visiting-fellowships
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Like the postcards!
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6 days ago
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Super interesting talk by
@carolinederry.bsky.social
and
@drcisme.bsky.social
last night complemented by items from Josephine Butler archive. The parallels with what's going on today were striking.
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9 days ago
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Caroline Derry
9 days ago
We were exploring the events of 1885, when a series of scandals led to changes in sexual offences law. The Women's Library at
@lselibrary.bsky.social
has lots of relevant archival material, some of which was on display đ
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Gillian Murphy
Women's History Network
10 days 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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Gillian Murphy
Women's History Network
11 days 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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Gillian Murphy
Society for the Study of Labour History
14 days ago
A fascinating and valuable new resource on the history of womenâs trade unionism.
sslh.org.uk/2025/10/26/b...
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Book: Minutes of Manchester and Salford Womenâs Trades Union Council
âAll help possible will be givenâ: The complete Minutes of the Manchester and Salford Womenâs Trades Union Council, 1895 â 1919. Transcribed by Bernadette Hyland, edited by MichaeâŚ
https://sslh.org.uk/2025/10/26/book-minutes-of-manchester-and-salford-womens-trades-union-council/
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Found amongst Fawcett Library (The Women's Library) correspondence from 1955.
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Gillian Murphy
Women's History Network
18 days 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
#GenderHist
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Gillian Murphy
Justin Bengry
23 days ago
Very excited to see our new book: A Queer Scrapbook: Britain and Ireland Since 1945 (with FAB co-editors Matt Cook, Rebecca Jennings, and E-J Scott) now available for pre-order.
www.waterstones.com/book/a-queer...
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A Queer Scrapbook by Justin Bengry, Matt Cook | Waterstones
Buy A Queer Scrapbook by Justin Bengry, Matt Cook from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over ÂŁ25.
https://www.waterstones.com/book/a-queer-scrapbook/justin-bengry/matt-cook/9781526165312
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Gillian Murphy
Sam Rutherford (he/him)
about 1 month ago
We're starting a new 'ArtsLab' (research network) in trans studies at Glasgow! It's very exciting and I hope that in time we can become a real centre for research in this field. Find out more - including details of our upcoming launch event - on our website:
www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/art...
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Gillian Murphy
Women's History Network
29 days ago
For National Coming Out Day, read about the National Lesbian and Gay Survey
#NationalComingOutDay
#LGBTHistory
#QueerHistory
womenshistorynetwork.org/everyday-gay...
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Everyday Gays, Ordinary Queers, and the National Lesbian and Gay Survey â Victoria Golding
Pride 1987, 10.10am: âHelped E. to throw pills down the cat with cystitis. Washed breakfast dishes. Brought Gay Vegetarian placard up from cellar. Fed goldfish.â (Correspondent No.157)[1] This NatâŚ
https://womenshistorynetwork.org/everyday-gays-ordinary-queers-and-the-national-lesbian-and-gay-survey-victoria-golding/?highlight=lesbian
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Gillian Murphy
Lucie Matthews-Jones
about 1 month ago
I am absolutely thrilled that Karin Meredithâs dissertation on c19th beauty culture in advertisements has been hightly commended by
@womenshistnet.bsky.social
. It was perhaps the best diss Iâve ever had the delight to supervise! Iâm so proud of her &with
@ljmuhistory.bsky.social
send hearty congrats
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Helen McCarthy
about 1 month ago
Wisdom, moral imagination, an enlarged sympathy for those who live or have lived differently from yourself. This is what you get from studying the Humanities. So quite important, actually.
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Gillian Murphy
Anne Logan
about 1 month ago
Check out the new Friends of the Womenâs Library website! Lots of background information and details of forthcoming events.
@fotwl.bsky.social
friendsofthewomenslibrary.org.uk?fbclid=IwdGR...
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Friends of the Women's Library â The Friends of The Womenâs Library support the preservation and use of one of the most important collections on womenâs history in the UK.
https://friendsofthewomenslibrary.org.uk/?fbclid=IwdGRjcANTkyhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHlYpTOUgbtFw-MjBSR8aM99leD0Xq8579c1jUyiaDglt2eUQ16rCfCxWWL5O_aem_mDdro1mr5TO3iwi3MPO1nQ
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Sadiah Qureshi
about 1 month ago
This collaborative PhD project with the LSE and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, on Planting Decolonization: Plantation Science and Empire in the Twentieth Century, sounds amazing. Iâm sure many of you might be interested.
#STS
#HPS
#HistSci
www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
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LSE Collaborative Studentship with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
LSE Collaborative Studentship with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
https://www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse/Graduate/fees-and-funding/ESRC-Collaborative-Studentships-2026-entry/LSE-Collaborative-Studentship-with-Royal-Botanic-Gardens-Kew
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Gillian Murphy
Friends of The Women's Library
about 1 month ago
Our first talk of the term is next week. Kelly Bosomworth is talking about the campaigns of the Six Point Group from 1921 to the early 1980s. đď¸ Date: Thursday, 16 October 2025 đ Time: 2.30 â 4:00 PM đ Venue: LSE Library More details here:
friendsofthewomenslibrary.org.uk/fotwl-events...
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Gillian Murphy
Women's History Network
about 1 month ago
Wonderful opportunity. Women's history enthusiasts, do check it out! đ
#WomensHistory
#GenderHist
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Jennifer Aston
about 2 months ago
A real, honest to goodness, entry-level, permanent, academic job in Economic History!
#Economic
#history
#ecr
#academic
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT480/a...
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Assistant Professor at London School of Economics and Political Science
An opportunity for an academic position as a Assistant Professor is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT480/assistant-professor?uuid=f99f8c70-95c3-11f0-b61c-027e9b1da9c1&campaign=jbe20250920&source=jbe
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Gillian Murphy
Burns Library
about 2 months ago
Digitization alert! We recently digitized materials by and about Irish patriot and suffragist Maud Gonne. The materials include correspondence, photo, articles, Women's Prisoners' Defence League records, and more. Check them out:
https://findingaids.bc.edu/repositories/2/resources/254/digitized
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Gillian Murphy
Naomi Baker
about 2 months ago
Women have been speaking out about abuse for centuries! I wrote about Anne Wentworth, a 17th-century survivor of domestic abuse, for
@theconversation.com
#earlymodern
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The 17th-century woman who wrote about surviving domestic abuse
In the 17th century, Anne Wentworth spoke out against her abusive husband and the religious institution that protected him.
https://theconversation.com/the-17th-century-woman-who-wrote-about-surviving-domestic-abuse-260128?utm_medium=article_native_share
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We're planning an exhibition to mark the centenary of The Women's Library next year. We'd like to feature collections and research that people are working on currently. Please get in touch and let us know.
about 2 months ago
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Thanks
@caitbeaumont.bsky.social
for interesting talk last night on WI activism that led to Public Lavatories (Turnstiles) Act 1963 & that their environmental activism started in 1927 with call on the govt to clear the seas of oil. All to be found in WI archives held in The Women's Library at LSE.
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about 2 months ago
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Gillian Murphy
Anne Logan
about 2 months ago
Welcome to Bluesky,
@fotwl.bsky.social
! I recommend a follow for this new account if you like
#womenshistory
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CaitrĂona Beaumont
about 2 months ago
Today is
#WIDay2025
đĽł. Am all set to give the
@womensinstitute.bsky.social
WIDay talk celebrating 110 years of the WI. Join us this evening at 7.30pm online (book your place đ) to learn more on
#womensgrassrootsactivism
learninghub.thewi.org.uk/at-home/cour...
.
@womenshistnet.bsky.social
#LSBU
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Gillian Murphy
Lesley A Hall
about 2 months ago
As someone who was not a professional academic (fulltime employed as archivist) and did 'hobbyist research' (with some support from employer e.g. research leave): the resulting books got published by scholarly presses, articles passed peer review: and my work is still cited.
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Lesley A Hall
about 2 months ago
'But specific deodorants for body parts other than the armpits werenât really a thing until 2018':
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
I guess no-one involved with this piece was around during the previous iteration of vaginal deodorants around the early 1970s?
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The big stink: is âgenital anxietyâ behind the rapid rise of whole-body deodorants?
In the past we would just deodorise our armpits, but now a huge wave of products are aimed at our most intimate areas. Do these serve a need â or just encourage paranoia?
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/sep/10/the-big-stink-is-genital-anxiety-behind-the-rapid-rise-of-whole-body-deodorants
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Gillian Murphy
Lesley A Hall
about 2 months ago
Voila: the archives of the Women in Media campaign against ads for these on commercial television 1971/2, especially Femfresh
archives.lse.ac.uk/records/6WIM...
(Femfresh appears to be still going, sigh.)
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Vaginal deodorants campaign
Women in Media, co-ordinated by Sandra Brown, campaigned in Jun / Jul 1972 to ban advertising of vaginal deodorants on commercial television and, in particular, campaigned against Femfresh ads. In NoâŚ
https://archives.lse.ac.uk/records/6WIM/B/03
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Gillian Murphy
Lucy Delap
2 months ago
Museum of Cambridge are looking for a
#Disability
Heritage Research Volunteer, to work remotely, creating histories of people with disabilities in Cambridgeshire.
www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/wp-content/u...
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Gillian Murphy
Women's History Network
3 months ago
We are thrilled to share the programme for our upcoming seminar series. Please continue to check our socials and our website over the coming weeks as the links to register for each of the seminars are published. We look forward to seeing you all there!
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Gillian Murphy
Dr Tanya Harmer
2 months ago
Concerned for Lucy my friend and colleague who was arrested at a demonstration yesterday. What a truly ridiculous world we are in.
#FreeLucy
x.com/DefendourJur...
@haringeywelcome.bsky.social
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Defend Our Juries on X: "BREAKING: A wheelchair user arrested under the Terrorism Act for holding a sign which read "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action" The Palestine Action ban is backfiring on the government. Now Yvette Cooper is no longer Home Secretary, the ban must go with her. https://t.co/dcw1ipoez4" / X
BREAKING: A wheelchair user arrested under the Terrorism Act for holding a sign which read "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action" The Palestine Action ban is backfiring on the government. Now Yvette Cooper is no longer Home Secretary, the ban must go with her. https://t.co/dcw1ipoez4
https://x.com/DefendourJuries/status/1964435336966394080
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Gillian Murphy
CaitrĂona Beaumont
2 months ago
Brilliant paper by the fab
@dohertyta.bsky.social
just now for
@womenshistnet.bsky.social
#WHN2025
conference on importance of archiving digital records of womenâs orgs & activism. A lot of challenges but if we donât do this now this history will be lost.
#womensgrassrootsactivism
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Gillian Murphy
Wikimedia Community Ireland
2 months ago
Delighted to be presenting on Alternative Routes for Digital Activism with a case study on
#Art+Feminism
@womenshistnet.bsky.social
Annual Conference today, alongside some amazing papers! You can find out more here:
womenshistorynetwork.org/the-womens-h...
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Gillian Murphy
Teresa Doherty
2 months ago
Great to hear from Sophie Fitzpatrick and her work with Art and Feminism with
#Wikimedia
Ireland to promote
#WomensHistory
and make women more visible
@womenshistnet.bsky.social
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Amy Gray
2 months ago
Sheâs out today! The remarkable and unfairly forgotten Duchess of Atholl, Scotlandâs first woman MP and the Conservativesâ first woman minister, turned the most unlikely rebel in British politics.
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Lesley A Hall
3 months ago
Should anyone be in the least interested, I found the blogpost I couldn't remember whether or not I'd made (labelling fail, bad archivist) and updated my recent post to include a link:
lesleyahall.blogspot.com/2025/08/invi...
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Invisibilising archives?
I'm not sure this is exactly a new problem caused by the electronification of catalogues and the merging of what were once discrete archive ...
https://lesleyahall.blogspot.com/2025/08/invisibilising-archives.html
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Cheryl Misak
2 months ago
Hot off the press: Michael Kremerâs and my resurrection of Margaret Macdonald.
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Gillian Murphy
Feminist City
2 months ago
Save the date! Organizing an online âPeopleâs Papersâ workshop on Sept 30th to hear from projects in Leeds (
@rememberlop.bsky.social
), Liverpool and Birmingham:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archiving-...
@wcmlibrary.bsky.social
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Gillian Murphy
Royal College of Nursing Library and Museum
3 months ago
The RCN Library and Museum is looking for objects, photographs and personal stories to feature in our upcoming exhibition on migration and nursing. Find out more and get in touch:
buff.ly/nxxvo9Q
(Image: International School Students outside the Royal College of Nursing, 1957, RCN Archive)
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Thanks for visiting. The felt heart was to catch MPs attention but brought Women in Media quite a few different responses from them - not all positive.
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3 months ago
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Saffron East
12 months ago
Our book is out! Get your library requests in for Anti-racism in Britain: Traditions, histories and trajectories, c.1880-present & thank you to all who contributed to the volume, it was a pleasure working with everyone.
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Remaking Britain: South Asian Connections and Networks
4 months ago
We are proud to announce that South Asian Britain: Connecting Histories, a landmark educational website on the histories of South Asians in Britain, is now live! Visit
southasianbritain.org
@qmul.bsky.social
@bristoluni.bsky.social
@britishlibrary.bsky.social
#AHRC
@uobartsmatter.bsky.social
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Gillian Murphy
Women's History Network
3 months ago
The Womenâs History Network is offering one ÂŁ250 prize for an undergraduate dissertation on any aspect of womenâs or gender history (though with a strong focus on women) written during the 2024-2025 academic year. Find out more!
womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-undergra...
#GenderHist
#WomensHistory
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WHN Undergraduate Dissertation Prize 2024-2025
The Womenâs History Network is offering one ÂŁ250 prize for an undergraduate dissertation on any aspect of womenâs or gender history (though with a strong focus on women) written during the 2024-202âŚ
https://womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-undergraduate-dissertation-prize-2024-2025/
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'Women of the World Unite' is open until 22 August. Thanks to all the people who have left kind messages and added to our post-it board. More info:
www.lse.ac.uk/library/what...
3 months ago
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Women's History Network
3 months ago
đ¨ Are you a first-time author in women or gender history? The WHN Annual Book Prize offers ÂŁ500 for the best debut monograph in this field published in the UK (2023â2024). Deadline: 15 August 2025 Open to WHN members. Details:
womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-b...
#WHNBookPrize
#GenderHist
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Gillian Murphy
Henry Miller
4 months ago
#History
#SkyStorians
@lselibrary.bsky.social
are launching a Library Fellowships scheme to work with their archives and special collections, includes funding for travel/accommodation/subsistence up to ÂŁ5k. 3 themed fellowships available.
www.lse.ac.uk/library/what...
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LSE Library Fellowships
Apply for our funded six week research fellowship designed to support researchers wanting to use our unique archives and special collections.
https://www.lse.ac.uk/library/whats-on/lse-library-fellowships
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Gillian Murphy
Women of South London
4 months ago
Happy Birthday Ada Salter (nee Brown) born OTD 1866. Bermondsey Icon. - Social Reformer - Trade unionist - Environmentalist - Pacifist - First woman councillor Bermondsey 1909 - First woman mayor in London 1922 - First labour woman mayor in UK
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CaitrĂona Beaumont
4 months ago
Really honoured & delighted to be invited to give 2025
#WIDay
talk showcasing rich history of activism by
@womensinstitute.bsky.social
. WI is a core participant of
@ukri.org
#AHRC
#womensgrassrootsactivism
project. Come along to learn more on how WI activism helped transform lives of women & girls.
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Heather Dawson
4 months ago
new
@lselibrary.bsky.social
oral histories Movement Ordination of women
digital.library.lse.ac.uk/collections/...
fascinating Clare Wilson. husband opposed as she earned good money teaching and could always occupy herself, but her heart was set
@lsegender.bsky.social
@womenshistnet.bsky.social
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