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Our women's history month special. materials from a recent ALISS workshop.
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these focused on recommended by
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Women's History Month Feature Week 4 this week a member of the Glasgow 4 and the first woman member of RIBA (architecture).
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10 days ago
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Happy St Patrick's Day with a suffrage special on the Queens of Ireland from the Vote (Women's Freedom League) . Mar 17 1916
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16 days ago
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What did May Morris think of the vote for women? 1909 letter
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22 days ago
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reposted by
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LSE Blogs
25 days ago
For
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recommends seven books based on a new exhibition celebrating the centenary of The Women's Library
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The Women’s Library at 100 – seven recommended reads for a new LSE exhibition - LSE Review of Books
Heather Dawson's reading list for Women’s History Month 2026 & a new exhibition at LSE Library, The Women’s Library at 100: celebrating a century of collections.
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/2026/03/05/the-womens-library-at-100-seven-recommended-reads-for-a-new-lse-exhibition-womens-history-month-international-womens-day/
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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
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Spring Forecast 2026
Spring forecast march 2026 Here are some useful resources for social scientists I am sharing these in case you find them helpful! Uk gover...
https://alissresearch.blogspot.com/2026/02/forceast-march-2026-here-are-some.html
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Just for fun whm 2026. I am creating a set of biographies of amazing Arts and Crafts women inspired by this book.
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ALISS womens History online show case- 19th march (pm)
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theme material culture and activism. details on website. Presenters include: Elizabeth Crawford
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Aliss Womens History Showcase 2026
ALISS Womens History Month showcase 2026 March 19th 2-4 pm approx. final programme to be confirmed This special event aims to showcase the relationship between material culture and women’s…
https://alissnet.com/aliss-womens-history-showcase-2026/
about 1 month ago
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latest issue of ALISS quarterly articles disability well being. library and archive support
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Inclusivity Glasgow Women’s Library as a place of sanctuary Disability and well being Chill Out Space Glasgow Clyde College
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recent
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event Christiana Herringham. worked with Mary Lowndes. contributed indian textiles for suffrage banners. album in
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women's
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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
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about 2 months ago
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reposted by
Heather Dawson
Friends of The Women's Library
about 2 months ago
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
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100th anniversary of the Women's Library
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Yesterday I saw for the first time these amazing original resources. In 1936 Librarian wrote to Virgina Woolf asking for donations
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about 2 months ago
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Heather Dawson
Friends of The Women's Library
2 months ago
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.
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Women's
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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
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2 months ago
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100th anniversary of the Women's Library
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the Women's Library was created in 1926 find out more in this insta reel
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The history of the Women's Library - LSE History
Originating in the 1866 Women's Suffrage Committee, the Women's Library opened in 1926 and has been housed at LSE since 2013. Gillian Murphy shares its story.
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsehistory/2023/03/16/the-history-of-the-womens-library/
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centenary of Women's Library
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first Librarian, Vera Douie. Readers sent letters for items to be posted and researched. Vera made a copy & filed it
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2 months ago
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Wonderful event to celebrate the centenary of the womens library
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organised by
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amazing images like this from her forthcoming book
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3 months ago
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women's
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centenary. Vera Douie first full-time librarian. 1950s
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3 months ago
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reposted by
Heather Dawson
LSE Review of Books
3 months ago
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 👉
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Heather Dawson
Women's History Network
3 months ago
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-...
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Early radio broadcasting for women in the BBC’s Women’s Hour 1923-4 – Kate Murphy
Many readers will know of Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, which has been broadcast on the BBC for more than 75 years. Far less well known is an earlier programme called Women’s Hour, which first appeared 1…
https://womenshistorynetwork.org/early-radio-broadcasting-for-women-in-the-bbcs-womens-hour-1923-4-kate-murphy/?highlight=radio
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Centenary Women's Library
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created London and National Society for Women’s Service. 1926 annual report 6-7.
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3 months ago
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suffrage new year resolution
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Womens Franchise 1909. to make the women's vote the first issue of the new year they tried to meet at Westminster.
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3 months ago
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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!"
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3 months ago
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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
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4 months ago
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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
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4 months ago
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Congratulations to graduates
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from
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. women graduates in a suffrage procession 1910.
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4 months ago
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find out about xmas vacation support from
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is celebrating the end of term with a chance to win a newly published
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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.
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disability history
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Rosa May Billinghurst – wheelchair user shocking forced feeding while on hunger strike in prison for suffragette activities ee
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4 months ago
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Who wrote this ? disability history
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Rosa May Billinghurst 1912, arrested Emmeline Pankhurst encouraged her to defend herself in this letter
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4 months ago
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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
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4 months ago
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today is budget day free links
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government documents, newspapers, submissions from organisations
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historic
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pamphlet 1892
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4 months ago
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reposted by
Heather Dawson
LSE Blogs
4 months ago
Seeking reading material? For UK Disability History Month 2025 (20 November to 20 December), staff at LSE recommend eight powerful books about disability and neurodiversity and books sharing the experiences of disabled and neurodiverse people
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Eight books to read for UK Disability History Month - LSE Review of Books
For UK Disability History Month the LSE community recommends eight books about disability & neurodiversity and the experiences of disabled & neurodiverse people
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/2025/11/20/reading-list-eight-books-to-read-for-uk-disability-history-month/
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disability history
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exploring Rosa May Billinghurst wheelchair user, militant suffragette
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padlet links
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#disabilityhistorymonth
4 months ago
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Today
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friends event
friendsofthewomenslibrary.org.uk
Scottish Women’s Hospitals for Foreign Service during WWI . The Common Cause obituary Elsie Inglis
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5 months ago
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Dont panic about citing and referencing.
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academic integrity week. Quick tips from
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via our video
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5 months ago
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Suffragette Guy Fawkes Day event from November 1907. in Clapham suffragette effigy being paraded with placard i want the vote! see
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#guyfawkes
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5 months ago
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View the latest free bibliography on Disability, Libraries, higher education, teaching and learning
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useful articles and reports
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5 months ago
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Fireworks night
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amazing guy from 'Street Life in London', 1877
digital.library.lse.ac.uk/collections/...
British tradition to make effigies
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5 months ago
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Black history month.
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amazing oral histories black women NGO leaders. 16 collected womens resource centre
digital.library.lse.ac.uk/collections/...
#blackhistorymonth
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5 months ago
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reposted by
Heather Dawson
Women's History Network
5 months ago
🎓 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...
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colonial office reports& Caribbean newspapers enable you to 'surface' black viewpoints
#blackhistorymonth
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5 months ago
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reposted by
Heather Dawson
WILPF UK
5 months ago
10 things you need to know about Women, Peace and Security on the 25th anniversary of the WPS agenda coming into action.
wilpf.org.uk/2025/10/13/1...
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10 things you need to know about Women, Peace and Security - WILPF UK
This blog is a repost from WILPF International As of October 2025, it has been 25 years since the UN Security Council (UNSC) adopted resolution 1325, which was its first […]
https://wilpf.org.uk/2025/10/13/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-women-peace-and-security/
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#blackhistorymonth
inspired by our book
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Find out about Una Marson
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1930s int feminism
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Nineteen must-read books for Black History Month - LSE Review of Books
For UK Black History Month, we've compiled a list of 19 books by Black authors and books about Black history, culture and experience, recommended by LSE staff.
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/2025/10/08/nineteen-must-read-books-for-black-history-month/
6 months ago
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we want @lse.library to be for everyone. Find out how we welcomed the
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students with our womens history archives
www.instagram.com/p/DPdYxQ7jW2x/
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6 months ago
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Heather Dawson
Philippa Grand
6 months ago
"Knowledge should not be locked behind paywalls. We owe it to our students, and to learners everywhere, to open the doors" 👏👏👏 Great article by
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MD
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&
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on why OERs should be central to the public mission of universities.
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Welcome to
#BlackhistoryMonth
from
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padlet page
padlet.com/h_dawson/lse...
where I am highlighting useful LSE databases. including Sources journal articles global south , historic docs
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LSE Library Black History Month 2025
Relying on the wisdom of Black scholars everyday but spotlighting resources in this month
https://padlet.com/h_dawson/lse-library-black-history-month-2025-86bqyrv08iipul32
6 months ago
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place on LSE campus that makes you proud
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Women Social and Political Union They produced the newspaper votes for women . their offices
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6 months ago
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Heather Dawson
NLISN
6 months ago
Great read📝'What Does It Mean to Be Information Literate for an Autistic Librarian in the Academic Library Workplace?' from our very own
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secretary
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⬇️
eric.ed.gov?id=EJ1473988
#HE
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ERIC - EJ1473988 - What Does It Mean to Be Information Literate for an Autistic Librarian in the Academic Library Workplace?, Journal of Information Literacy, 2025
This study centres on the experiences of autistic librarians in academic library workplaces, delving into how they become information literate--an intricate process influenced by social, epistemic, an...
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