Thanks to Gurtek Singh & @rylandsesoterica.bsky.social for speaking to #RLUKICIL about a collab between Manchester’s Sikh community & @uomlibrary.bsky.social & challenges of addressing colonial collections. Chair: @erikadelbecque.bsky.social 📺Watch a recording @ www.rluk.ac.uk/icil-on-dema...

Virginia Woolf & People's Suffrage Federation @lselibrary.bsky.social event volunteered addressing envelopes! @lse.library has PSF digital.library.lse.ac.uk/Documents/De... @womenshistnet.bsky.social @fotwl.bsky.social @lsegender.bsky.social @scotsuffragette.bsky.social

coming soon @lselibrary.bsky.social via @fotwl.bsky.social letters Elsa Gye www.suffrageresources.org.uk/database/194... 1912 when she was a schoolgirl offer insight into aspirations @womenslibrary.bsky.social @scotsuffragette.bsky.social @[email protected] 1 m

@lselibrary.bsky.social hosted amazing Write & Shine early morning writing workshop . A writing prompt Audre Lorde. latest exhibition is displaying materials from Sheba press @lsegender.bsky.social @fotwl.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social @womenslibrary.bsky.social @lsemedia.bsky.social

What to read for social reformers 1896 #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek @lselibrary.bsky.social @thefabians.bsky.social p33 reading about position women Mary Wollstonecroft; JS Mill Havelock Ellis. digital.library.lse.ac.uk/Documents/De... @womenshistnet.bsky.social @lsesu.bsky.social Edited · 3 m

Explore Booth's Poverty maps on Minecraft! archive @lselibrary.bsky.social amazing to see Booth's maps of streets I walk every day and find out the income & occupation of people who lived 1890s. @lsesu.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social @lsegeography.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social

new and interesting sites for social science information professionals updated here alissnet.com/aliss-on-soc... includes: Local government elections and women’s political history, data sources, womens history and more @womenshistnet.bsky.social @womenslibrary.bsky.social

local #election from @lselibrary.bsky.social @thefabians.bsky.social pro women councillors 1900 Arguments now seem outdated but were modern then: women needed for housing design ' men live in houses women work in them' @womenshistnet.bsky.social @lsegender.bsky.social @fotwl.bsky.social

View the latest free bibliography on Disability, Libraries, higher education, teaching and learning alissnet.com/wp-content/u... highlights useful articles alissnet.com/disability/ find the notes from our recent meeting @lselibrary.bsky.social @lsesu.bsky.social

keep up to date with our current awareness resources alissnet.com/aliss-on-soc... these include Higher education links Women and Gender studies Race Health and social policy Urban studies I can send on scoop.it newsletters to requesters

A scene from a 1913 film, ‘The Suffragette’. To read about its rediscovery (albeit not in moving form) see the latest post on my website…via link in bio. #suffrageobjects #suffragettes #silentfilm

How suffragettes from the WSPU celebrated May Day! part 2 @lselibrary.bsky.social suffragette May 8th 1914 82 has photos showing the procession. It Increased the sales of the paper successful marketing ! #MayDay @lsegender.bsky.social @scotsuffragette.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social

View the latest free bibliography on Disability, Libraries, higher education, teaching and learning alissnet.com/wp-content/u... links to articles on neurodiversity, mental health and more free from ALISS librarians group alissnet.com/disability/

How suffragettes celebrated May Day! WSPU had marketing ideas 'the prettier and more enjoyable' more advertising Suffragette 1914 digital.library.lse.ac.uk/Documents/De... @scotsuffragette.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social @lselibrary.bsky.social @lsemedia.bsky.social @lsegender.bsky.social

War Office is 'dead against them' Katherine Furse @fotwl.bsky.social event friendsofthewomenslibrary.org.uk I learnt more about British Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment WW1 digital.library.lse.ac.uk/Documents/De... @womenshistnet.bsky.social @lsegender.bsky.social @womenslibrary.bsky.social

Celebrating BR Ambedkar - Indian social reformer LSE Alumnus. Last week I was lucky enough to attend the @lselibrary.bsky.social event I even got to view his thesis! www.lse.ac.uk/library/coll... @lsesouthasia.bsky.social @lsemedia.bsky.social @lseanthropology.bsky.social

Great news Townswoman 30s-50s digitised by @lselibrary.bsky.social www.instagram.com/reel/DXEE4_3... examples interwar womens activities and campaigning @lsegender.bsky.social @scotsuffragette.bsky.social @lsemedia.bsky.social

Our women's history month special. materials from a recent ALISS workshop. alissnet.com these focused on recommended by @womanandhersphere.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social @scotsuffragette.bsky.social @lsegender.bsky.social @lsesu.bsky.social

Women's History Month Feature Week 4 this week a member of the Glasgow 4 and the first woman member of RIBA (architecture). alissnet.com/wp-content/u... @scotsuffragette.bsky.social @lselibrary.bsky.social @lsegender.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social @womenslibrary.bsky.social

Happy St Patrick's Day with a suffrage special on the Queens of Ireland from the Vote (Women's Freedom League) . Mar 17 1916 digital.library.lse.ac.uk/Documents/De... #stpatricksday #irish @lselibrary.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social @scotsuffragette.bsky.social @lsesu.bsky.social

What did May Morris think of the vote for women? 1909 letter @lselibrary.bsky.social digital.library.lse.ac.uk/documents/de... @womenshistnet.bsky.social @womenslibrary.bsky.social @lsegender.bsky.social @scotsuffragette.bsky.social

For #InternationalWomensDay, @socialscience2.bsky.social recommends seven books based on a new exhibition celebrating the centenary of The Women's Library @lselibrary.bsky.social @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social @fotwl.bsky.social @gillianmurphy.bsky.social #IWD

Spring forecast march 2026 Here are some useful resources for social scientists I am sharing these in case you find them helpful! See them all here Research blog: Spring Forecast 2026 alissresearch.blogspot.com/2026/02/forc... @lselibrary.bsky.social @lseechist.bsky.social

Just for fun whm 2026. I am creating a set of biographies of amazing Arts and Crafts women inspired by this book. alissnet.com/aliss-womens... alissnet.com/wp-content/u... #whm #womenshistorymonth @lselibrary.bsky.social @lsegender.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social @womenslibrary.bsky.social

ALISS womens History online show case- 19th march (pm) alissnet.com/aliss-womens... theme material culture and activism. details on website. Presenters include: Elizabeth Crawford @womenshistnet.bsky.social @scotsuffragette.bsky.social @womenslibrary.bsky.social @fotwl.bsky.social

latest issue of ALISS quarterly articles disability well being. library and archive support alissnet.com/aliss-quarte... Inclusivity Glasgow Women’s Library as a place of sanctuary Disability and well being Chill Out Space Glasgow Clyde College alissnet.com/join-aliss/

recent @fotwl.bsky.social event Christiana Herringham. worked with Mary Lowndes. contributed indian textiles for suffrage banners. album in @lselibrary.bsky.social digital.library.lse.ac.uk/Documents/De.... @lsegender.bsky.social @scotsuffragette.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social

women's @lselibrary.bsky.social centenary. Vera Douie librarian. kept records of requests from users on filing cards. LSE lecturer Eileen Younghusband in 1930s/40s. asked for materials for a social admin course @lsegender.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social @lsesocialpolicy.bsky.social

Our next hybrid talk is on 19 Feb at 2.30pm at LSE Library. Henrietta McBurney's talk is 'Christiana Herringham: suffragist and suffragist patron'. For those in person, there will be a chance to see some of the banners designed by Mary Lowndes. To come, email [email protected]

100th anniversary of the Women's Library @lselibrary.bsky.social Yesterday I saw for the first time these amazing original resources. In 1936 Librarian wrote to Virgina Woolf asking for donations @scotsuffragette.bsky.social @lsegender.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social

A belated thank you to everyone who joined us at our one-day event to mark 100 years of The Women's Library. We are planning other talks through the year which will be posted on our website. friendsofthewomenslibrary.org.uk

Women's @lselibrary.bsky.social centenary. Myra Sadd Brown( 2nd right back row). 1938 Myra Sadd Brown Memorial Library created in her memory. large number of books on South Asia www.lse.ac.uk/library/coll... @lsegender.bsky.social @lsesouthasia.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social

100th anniversary of the Women's Library @lselibrary.bsky.social the Women's Library was created in 1926 find out more in this insta reel www.instagram.com/p/DTxRuk6DTLU/ @lsegender.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social @womenslibrary.bsky.social @scotsuffragette.bsky.social 1 d

centenary of Women's Library @lselibrary.bsky.social first Librarian, Vera Douie. Readers sent letters for items to be posted and researched. Vera made a copy & filed it digital.library.lse.ac.uk/Documents/De... @lsegender.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social @scotsuffragette.bsky.social

Wonderful event to celebrate the centenary of the womens library @lselibrary.bsky.social organised by @fotwl.bsky.social @womanssphere.bsky.social amazing images like this from her forthcoming book @lsegender.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social @scotsuffragette.bsky.social

women's @lselibrary.bsky.social centenary. Vera Douie first full-time librarian. 1950s digital.library.lse.ac.uk/Documents/De... @lsegender.bsky.social @scotsuffragette.bsky.social @womenslibrary.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social

Our first newsletter of 2026 is out today ✨📬 with a reading list on polarisation, an interview with the author of a book on Nvidia, reviews on tech and democracy, and the countdown of our top posts in 2025. Read 👉 ow.ly/fIli50XW1SY Subscribe 👉 ow.ly/ORJy50XW1SZ

On #PublicRadioBroadcastingDay, a look back to the BBC’s first daytime Women’s Hour (1923–24), when women on air discussed everything from infant welfare to journalism. Read more: womenshistorynetwork.org/early-radio-... #WomensHistory #RadioHistory #GenderHist

Centenary Women's Library @lselibrary.bsky.social created London and National Society for Women’s Service. 1926 annual report 6-7. digital.library.lse.ac.uk/Documents/De... @womenshistnet.bsky.social @scotsuffragette.bsky.social @womenslibrary.bsky.social @lsegender.bsky.social @lsesu.bsky.social

suffrage new year resolution @lselibrary.bsky.social Womens Franchise 1909. to make the women's vote the first issue of the new year they tried to meet at Westminster. digital.library.lse.ac.uk/Documents/De... @lsegender.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social @scotsuffragette.bsky.social

Happy New Year(from 1912 Votes for women) @lse.library Joan of Arc "May the new year bring votes to women and may the old sex inequality be altogether swept away!" @scotsuffragette.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social @womenslibrary.bsky.social @lsesu.bsky.social @lsegender.bsky.social

female students awarded ad eundem degrees at Trinity College Dublin,1904- 1907, when their own universities refused to confer degrees upon women Women's Franchise March 1908 over 800 were awarded digital.library.lse.ac.uk/Documents/De... @womenshistnet.bsky.social @lsegender.bsky.social

female students Oxbridge were awarded ad eundem degrees Trinity College 1904-7, as their own universities refused to confer them. Women's Franchise March 1908 mentions over 800 digital.library.lse.ac.uk/Documents/De... @womenshistnet @protestsandsuffragettes @lsegender

Congratulations to graduates @lsesu.bsky.social from @lselibrary.bsky.social. women graduates in a suffrage procession 1910. digital.library.lse.ac.uk/Documents/De.... @lsegender.bsky.social @scotsuffragette.bsky.social @lsemedia.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social

find out about xmas vacation support from @lselibrary.bsky.social www.instagram.com/heatherdawso... @lsepbs.bsky.social @lsemedia.bsky.social @lsesu.bsky.social @lsegender.bsky.social @lseanthropology.bsky.social @lsehealthpolicy.bsky.social

@lselibrary.bsky.social is celebrating the end of term with a chance to win a newly published [email protected] Share a library tip (add as a reply Let's Talk Forum of Library Moodle). Sign up to LSE Press Newsletter entries by 12 December 2025. @lsepbs.bsky.social @lsesu.bsky.social

disability history @lselibrary.bsky.social Rosa May Billinghurst – wheelchair user shocking forced feeding while on hunger strike in prison for suffragette activities ee digital.library.lse.ac.uk/Documents/De... @lsegender.bsky.social @scotsuffragette.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social

Who wrote this ? disability history @lselibrary.bsky.social Rosa May Billinghurst 1912, arrested Emmeline Pankhurst encouraged her to defend herself in this letter digital.library.lse.ac.uk/Documents/De... @lsegender.bsky.social @scotsuffragette.bsky.social @womenslibrary.bsky.social

Just for fun advent calendar – favourite sites of the year for women’s womens history app.myadvent.net/calendar?id=... 1st window well-loved site with amazing manuscripts @lselibrary.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social @scotsuffragette.bsky.social @lsegender.bsky.social @lsesu.bsky.social

today is budget day free links @lselibrary.bsky.social government documents, newspapers, submissions from organisations alissresearch.blogspot.com/2025/11/autu... historic @thefabians.bsky.social pamphlet 1892 digital.library.lse.ac.uk/Documents/De... @lsesu.bsky.social @lsemedia.bsky.social