Delighted to have just received my contributor copy of the Oxford Handbook of American and British Women Philosophers in the Nineteenth Century. I wrote the chapter on C19 feminism and women's rights

September 6, 1870: Louisa Ann Swain, age 69, cast her 🗳️ballot in Laramie, Wyoming, becoming the first woman in the U.S. to vote in a general election decades before women nationwide won that right #WomenInHistory #ExtraordinaryWomen

Liverpool University Press is delighted to partner with @jstor.bsky.social on this new initiative, continuing our shared commitment to mission-led scholarly publishing by offering our entire digital catalogue in one place for the first time.

Already received submissions from all over the world for the conference 'opposition to Thatcher' that me and Ciara are facilitating this autumn. Still time to submit abstracts. Please share to anyone who might be interested. Multidisciplinary. @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social @qubhistory.bsky.social

Died #OnThisDay 1903 Henry Liddell, 2nd Earl of Ravensworth, who was Conservative MP for Northumberland South, 1852-78. He was among the MPs who voted in the minority for John Stuart Mill’s women’s suffrage amendment, 20 May 1867: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2017/05/19/t...

Delighted to have my chapter on Feminism and Women's Rights included in the just published Oxford Handbook of American and British Women Philosophers in the C19

📢 Just announced! The programme & booking is now live for our Annual Conference 2025. 🗓️ Join us online & free on 4–5 Sept for Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums & Personal Collections. 🔗 womenshistorynetwork.org/the-womens-h... #WHN2025 #WomensHistory #Archives #Heritage

🗳️ #OTD 2 July 1928: The Equal Franchise Act received royal assent in the UK, granting all women over 21 the vote—regardless of property. It gave women electoral equality with men, adding 5 million to the roll and making them the majority in the 1929 election. #VotesForWomen #Suffrage #GenderHist

2/3 Elected to the London Schools Board to represent Southwark in 1876, she pressed for free education for all. Partly driven by pique, she announced her candidature for MP in North Camberwell in 1885 and campaigned for better laws for women ...

I'm delighted to have again been a guest on The Tudor Chest podcast with Adam Pennington - thank you for having me! A really interesting discussion on perceptions of Anne Boleyn! Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5bJL... @penandswordbooks.bsky.social

www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Helen-Taylor... #womenshistory #womeninhistory #history #feminism

Exciting postal delivery today from @penandswordbooks. My author copies of Helen Taylor and her Fight for the People.

Recently published by @drdeefoley.bsky.social: how did the housewives of rural Ireland make money? www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

This just landed - it was great fun to write www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/A-History-of... @penandswordbooks.bsky.social #FamilyHistory #WomensHistory #SocialHistory #Genealogy

My biography of Helen Taylor is now available for preorder at an introductory price from the publisher #penandsword #womenshistory www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Helen-Taylor...

📢 Calling all historians and researchers! The Women's History Network is now accepting abstracts for its 33rd Annual Conference, themed "Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums, and Personal Collections." More info: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-c... #WomensHistory #GLAM

My chapter 'Feminism and Women's Rights' in The Oxford Handbook of American and British Women Philosophers in the Nineteenth Century is now available online prior to book publication later this year academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

www.waterstones.com/book/helen-t... In bookshops from 30 June.