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Historian of Modern Britain: cities, especially Liverpool and Manchester, gender and class
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I am extremely on brand in my article in the December issue of
@historytoday.com
A VERY unhappy Christmas story of wartime Liverpool and Birkenhead and fears of working-class womenâs sexuality. Part of my work on working-class homes, gender and crime .
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Voices of Motherhood
22 days ago
Exciting news! đđ 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)
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Marginalised Motherhoods
Led by the University of Worcester
https://www.beinghumanfestival.org/marginalised-motherhoods
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Margot Finn
15 days ago
What's lost when we lose staff, departments, programmes and faculties in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, and what's that got to do with organ donation? Amid the looming losses faced by Cardiff, Edinburgh, Lancaster, Leicester and Nottingham (among many others), here's a worked example. 1/8
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The organ donation âopt-outâ has been a fatal failure | The Observer
https://observer.co.uk/news/columnists/article/automatic-organ-donation-was-meant-to-save-lives-but-opt-out-has-been-a-fatal-failure
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Christine Grandy
25 days ago
Delighted to be at the proofs stage with this. Out in April with CUP!
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Modern British Studies Association
about 1 month ago
We're excited to announce the call for papers for
#MBS26
, the next Modern British Studies conference, at Birmingham in June 2026. We'll be launching the
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Association at this event, to support further regular conferences in Modern British Studies.
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...
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Modern British Studies Conference 2026 - University of Birmingham
Conference information
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/modern-british-studies-conference-2026
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Margot Finn
3 months ago
Fabulous to see
@sadiahqureshi.bsky.social
named as the winner of the Royal Society's Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Medal and Lecture. 1/2
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Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Medal and Lecture | Royal Society
This prize lecture is given on a subject relating to the history of science, philosophy of science or the social function of science.
https://royalsociety.org/medals-and-prizes/wilkins-bernal-medawar/
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Sarah Crook
4 months ago
đ Delighted to see the publication of Penny Tinklerâs latest article in
@mbhjournal.bsky.social
: âWhat if?â Early marriage and the âshadow selvesâ of young women from the late 1950s to early 1970s.' Thank you for submitting it to us, Penny! Read it here:
doi.org/10.1093/tcbh...
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âWhat if?â Early marriage and the âshadow selvesâ of young women from the late 1950s to early 1970s
Abstract. The value of producing counterfactual history has been hotly debated, but principally in relation to major public events. Drawing on oral history
https://doi.org/10.1093/tcbh/hwaf012
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@djrgrey.bsky.social
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@socialhistsoc.bsky.social
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5 months ago
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Margot Finn
5 months ago
Modern British History maternity leave cover (7 months in first instance) teaching position, predominantly 20th century, UCL History Dept. Starts 1 October 2025. Friendly department with excellent students and great library resources. PhD required. Deadline 24 July.
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UCL â University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search-ucl-jobs/details?jobId=36221&jobTitle=Associate+Lecturer+%28Teaching%29+in+Modern+British+History+
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Daniel Grey
5 months ago
Delighted to be here for Professor
@kharveyhistory.bsky.social
keynote address at the annual
@socialhistsoc.bsky.social
conference drawing on her exciting Leverhulme funded project on letters and embodiment in the long 18th century đ
#SHSConf2025
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Sarah Roddy
5 months ago
I've written a blog for the Social History Society about my new book:
socialhistory.org.uk/shs_exchange...
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Money and Irish Catholicism: An Intimate History, 1850-1921
Sarah Roddyâs Money and Irish Catholicism: An Intimate History, 1850-1921, which is out in e-book format now and will be released imminently in hard copy by Cambridge University Press, examinâŚ
https://socialhistory.org.uk/shs_exchange/money-and-irish-catholicism-an-intimate-history-1850-1921/
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Dr Helen Glew
5 months ago
Pleased to see that my article 'A new phase of activism: womenâs occupational organisations and married womenâs paid work after the Second World War in Britain' is now in the current issue of
@womenshistoryrev.bsky.social
. Open access so free for all to read.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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A new phase of activism: womenâs occupational organisations and married womenâs paid work after the Second World War in Britain
Focusing on the National Union of Women Teachers (NUWT) and the National Association of Women Civil Servants (NAWCS), this article looks at activism and campaigning for married women workers after ...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09612025.2024.2373505
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Sarah Crook
5 months ago
Do you have a fabulous MA student who is interested in the 1990s? Send this fully-funded 4 year AHRC doctoral studentship their way. They'll get to work with me (yay?) and the fabulous
@jessamycarlson.bsky.social
(yay!)
www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate...
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History: Fully Funded PhD Studentship in Early education, education, education: childcare in the policy and imagination of New Labourâs England, 1994-2003 (RS852) - Swansea UniversityMenu
We offer a wide range of funded and fully funded research scholarships in all subject areas. Explore your options and apply now.
https://www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/scholarships/research/history-national-archives-phd-2025-rs852.php
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Eloise Moss
5 months ago
Very pleased with the cover design for my new book, The Secret Life of the Hotel! Thanks âŞ@bloomsburyhist.bsky.social
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Dave O'Brien
6 months ago
CfP! From the
@whatsontvclass.bsky.social
project Whatâs class got to do with it? Rethinking TV from the inside out - A One Day Symposium at The University of Leeds - 19th September 2025 Details here
drive.google.com/file/d/10RdB...
submission deadline 4th July
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https://drive.google.com/file/d/10RdB564asB-HuNbePM4sC1btr9QKL3-n/view
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Glasgow Women's Library
6 months ago
đŁGWL is hiring a Production Coordinator (Parental Leave Cover) 10 hrs/week Fixed term to May 2026 ÂŁ27.5k pro rata Glasgow-based Help us deliver owerful events & exhibitions in an inclusive feminist space. Apply by noon, Fri 20 June. More info:
womenslibrary.org.uk/2025/06/04/j...
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TheNACBS
6 months ago
âIt is only by searching far and wide, and stitching many queer fragments back together, that we can create new and often hopeful tapestries of local queer life.â Next up in our
#Pride
month series
@tomhulme.bsky.social
discusses unexpected archival paths for investigating queer history.
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Urnings, in Ireland and Illinois
"It is only by searching far and wide, and stitching many queer fragments back together, that we can create new and often hopeful tapestries of local queer life."
https://www.nacbs.org/post/urnings-in-ireland-and-illinois
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Lucy Delap
6 months ago
If you have published your first book in women's or gender history in 2023 or 2024, please do consider putting it forward for the Women's History Network Book Prize. It's open to all who live in the UK or are affiliated to a UK university.
womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-b...
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WHN Annual Book Prize
We are pleased to announce the annual WHN book prize, which awards ÂŁ500 for an authorâs first single-authored monograph in womenâs or gender history. Entries close on 15 August 2025 for books publiâŚ
https://womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-book-prize/
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Kit de Waal
6 months ago
Are you unemployed and interested in joining a creative community where you can further your skills as a writer? Thereâs a FREE creative writing course run by industry professionals available in Liverpool. Link below. Please share :)
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Write To Work: Free Writing Courses | Writing on the Wall
Discover Write to Work: Free one-day creative writing courses in Liverpool. Learn writing skills for various professions and publishing info.
https://writingonthewall.org.uk/projects/write-to-work-ukspf/
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Dr Esmorie Miller
6 months ago
@lizzieseal.bsky.social
and I are are excited about this next phase of our historical criminology adventure. Read about our aims and watch this space for next steps.
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Michael Brown
6 months ago
đ˘Job Alert!đ˘ Our AHRC-funded Victorian Hand project is looking for a 3-year, full-time Public Engagment Fellow, based at the London College of Fashion, to join our team & help deliver our programme of activities. This amazing opportunity closes on 24 June so please spread the word far & wide!
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Royal Historical Society
6 months ago
On Weds 2 July, we host the Society's annual Prothero Lecture given this year by Professor Peter Gatrell. Peter will speak on 'Refugee World(s): a Twentieth-Century Retrospective' and reflect on a career dedicated to refugee and migration history
bit.ly/44Q4MYT
All are very welcome
#skystorians
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Refugee World(s): a Twentieth-Century Retrospective
Professor Peter Gatrell delivers the 2025 Royal Historical Society Prothero Lecture, followed by the Society's annual summer party.
https://bit.ly/44Q4MYT
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Lucie Matthews-Jones
6 months ago
Are you a neurodivergent researcher who uses archives? We want to hear from you! We will be running our 1st Divergent Minds in the Archive workshop at Imperial War Museum on 4th July, 10-4.15. More infođđť. Sign up here
lnkd.in/eUFBQg3p
. Closing date for applications June 4th
#skyhistorians
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Andrew Male
6 months ago
If you've ever marvelled at the vaulted Victorian subterranea of Liverpool's Williamson tunnels you have The Heritage Centre to thank. Unfortunately, it will be closing for good on June 1st if they can't raise ÂŁ12k. Here's how you can help
www.gofundme.com/f/adcnrn-sav...
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Donate to Save the Heritage Centre, organized by David Bridson
It is with huge regret and great sadness that the Joseph Williamson Society has to report that,⌠David Bridson needs your support for Save the Heritage Centre
https://www.gofundme.com/f/adcnrn-save-the-heritage-centre
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Liam Thorp
6 months ago
Deeply, deeply worrying news emerging from Liverpool city centre today where there are reports from police that a car has hit a number of pedestrians during the LFC parade My colleagues are finding out as much as they can and reporting it here
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
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City centre live updates as police confirm people hit by car
Emergency services are at the scene
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/city-centre-live-updates-emergency-31727936?utm_source=app
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My family had some pretty horrific wartime experiences, particularly in the Liverpool Blitz, and Iâm thinking of them today:
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
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VE Day and how it signalled the return of women to domesticity
During the Second World War, women gained greater independence as they stepped into traditionally male roles - but the end of the conflict saw a push for them to return to the home
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-ve-day-signalled-return-31492217
7 months ago
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Womenâs History Association of Ireland
7 months ago
PhD opportunity at TCD under the supervision of Dr Deirdre Foley and Dr Lindsey Earner Byrne.
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The British Academy
7 months ago
The BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants scheme is now open for applications. This opportunity allows postdoctoral â or equivalent â scholars in the humanities and social sciences to apply for funding to support their research projects. Learn more:
buff.ly/BrfBwSt
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Dr Cath Feely
8 months ago
University of Derby faces mass job cuts as management plans to make half of senior academics redundant. Please spread the word.
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1398...
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University of Derby staff face mass job cuts as management plans to axe half of senior academics
University of Derby staff face mass job cuts as management plans to axe half of senior academics
https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/13986/University-of-Derby-staff-face-mass-job-cuts-as-management-plans-to-axe-half-of-senior-academics
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Thank you for inviting me - great to have such an enthused and thoughtful discussion, helped me make sense of some pretty pretty harrowing historic cases Iâve been working on.
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8 months ago
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Christopher Smith
8 months ago
AHRC offers amazing value for money. Our grant covers all arts and humanities disciplines (and there are a lot!!
www.ukri.org/wp-content/u...
) 1000 grants over the past 3 years, funding 150 organizations c.1500 PhD starters And leverage of ÂŁ350m co-funding from inside UKRI & other funders
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Royal Historical Society
8 months ago
Call for Papers: 'Mobilising Imperial History: Crime, Policing and Control in the British Empire'
bit.ly/3Ye0Pco
Dr Aparajita Mukhopadhyay (Kent) will host a workshop on 15 July. Calls for papers are now invited. This event is supported by the Society's Workshop Grants scheme for 24-25
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Prof. Elaine Chalus
8 months ago
Dept of History, University of Liverpool - two fully-funded (fees and maintenance) PhD studentships; one studentship will be ring-fenced for Black applicants; the other for History of Race, Health and Medicine, 1700 - present.
www.liverpool.ac.uk/histories-la...
#skystorians
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Postgraduate research | School of Histories, Languages and Cultures | University of Liverpool facebookThe Original RedbrickUniversity of Liverpool on FacebookLivUni on InstagramLivUni on YouTube...
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/histories-languages-and-cultures/study/postgraduate-research/funding/hlc/
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Shirin Hirsch
8 months ago
In the run up to the centenary anniversary next year, here's my short introduction to the 1926 General Strike for
@phm.org.uk
#GeneralStrike100
phm.org.uk/blogposts/19...
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Everton Football Club
8 months ago
The 246th Merseyside derby awaits. đ
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Social History Society
8 months ago
đ˘Would you like to help shape the Social History Society? We're looking for one Ordinary Member to join the team! âď¸Gain committee experience âď¸Build your academic network âď¸Advocate for social history âď¸Contribute to annual conference đRead more:
socialhistory.org.uk/2025/02/26/c...
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Committee Nominations 2025
The Social History Societyâs committee plays a vital role in shaping the societyâs activities and priorities. This year we have started the search for a new Chair, who will take over whâŚ
https://socialhistory.org.uk/2025/02/26/committee-nominations-2025/
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George Severs
8 months ago
Opportunity to join the editorial board of Oral History, working with me on the Public History section. Full details here, please share!
www.ohs.org.uk/volunteering...
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Oral History Journal: Public History Editor - Oral History Society
INVITATION FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST TO JOIN THE EDITORIAL TEAM AS AN EDITOR OF THE PUBLIC HISTORY SECTION Oral History has included a separate section on the making, doing and presenting of oral hi...
https://www.ohs.org.uk/volunteering-opportunity/oral-history-journal-public-history-editor/
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Dr Hannah Charnock
8 months ago
âTeenage Intimaciesâ is now officially out in the world! Itâs a history of teenage sexuality in postwar England that speaks to ideas of growing up, adolescence, friendship, family, identity, culture and education. Itâs been a long time coming but Iâm really proud of the end result! đď¸
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Lovely Leiden! A privilege to be at
#ESSHC
presenting my AHRC project findings on a prolific illegal abortionist in 1950s Liverpool plus similar cases elsewhere; great panel with
@djrgrey.bsky.social
on baby farming; David Churchill on crime in 1990s; Anna Kantanen on gender and homicide in Finland
8 months ago
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Daniel Grey
8 months ago
Thrilled to be at
@esshc.bsky.social
#esshc2025
- I presented today on baby-farming, foster/adoption care & child homicide in 20th C England, on great panel w.
@drcharlottewildman.bsky.social
on abortion 1930-60, David Churchill on crime in 1990s & Anna Kantanen on gender & homicide in Finland âď¸
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Saima Nasar
8 months ago
We're hosting a workshop on 'South Asian Women's Activism and Agency' on Thursday 8th May (draft programme below). We're delighted to have a brilliant group of speakers joining us. Our keynotes will be Amrit Wilson and Samita Sen. If you would like to join us, please get in touch to register.
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Royal Historical Society
8 months ago
Today we launch a new funding programme: Scouloudi Public History Grants
bit.ly/4bF4zJK
Grants will support collaborative projects between historians in Higher Education and those in the galleries, libraries, archives and museums sectors, as well as community history groups.
#Skystorians
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Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick
8 months ago
We've loved seeing more archives arrive in the past few weeks, including Kent Archives
@kentarchives.bsky.social
Gwent Archives
@gwentarchives.bsky.social
Hull History Centre
@hullhistorycentre.bsky.social
149 accounts now in our UK/Ireland starter pack - who'll make it 150?
go.bsky.app/6Qz8qG3
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Catherine Fletcher
8 months ago
Long-established US conference on women's history has lost its venue for 2026 due to 'increased political pressure on academic institutions'.
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Dr Helen Glew
8 months ago
Planning my work schedule for the next couple of months. I have some spare capacity still for commissioned research, indexing, copy-editing or photograph-taking in archives. Let me know if I can help!
helenglew.com
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Helen Glew
Historical Research and Writing
https://helenglew.com/
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Katrina Navickas
9 months ago
It exists! My new book is out later this year with Reaktion Books. If you are famous and/or a public intellectual and want to review it/provide a pull quote, DM.
#ProtestHistory
#Commons
reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/contest...
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Contested Commons | Reaktion Books
A radical history of England, Contested Commons is a gripping overview of increasingly restrictive policing and legislation against protest in public spaces. It tells the long history of contests over...
https://reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/contested-commons
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Hannah Barker
9 months ago
So excited to see âFaith in the Townâ (co-authored my me, @kategibson Jeremy Gregory and Carys Brown & published in Open Access form (free to read) today by
@oxfordunipress.bsky.social
. Want to know how religious faith was woven through urban life in northern English towns 1740-1830? Then read on âŚ
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Faith in the Town: Lay Religion in Northern England, 1740â1830
Abstract. Faith in the Town explores the ways in which religious faith affected the lives of men, women, and children in the increasingly urban and industr
https://academic.oup.com/book/59693
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Royal Historical Society
9 months ago
Coming soon: 'Voice, Silence and Gender in South Africaâs Anti-Apartheid Struggle', by Rachel E. Johnson
bit.ly/3M9uKwx
Rachel's is the 21st book in the Society's 'New Historical Perspectives' for early career historians. This and all 20 titles in the series are Open Access and free to read.
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Dr. Grace Di MĂŠo
9 months ago
First post here! Sharing my latest article on the all-female 'Forty Elephants' gang (maybe of interest if you've been reading about the new
#AThousandBlows
show?) - read me for tales of women bandits, getaway driving and West End shoplifting!
#historians
#criminology
#gangs
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âAn amazing gang of women crooks and blackmailersâ: women, organized crime, and the âForty Elephantsâ gang in inter-war Britain
Abstract. Womenâs participation in organized crime has been overlooked within historical research, with studies typically relegating their roles to that of
https://doi.org/10.1093/tcbh/hwae048
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Matt Houlbrook
9 months ago
Come for the: "This drama is inspired by a forgotten time in history" Stay for the: "So we went to the National Archives, which is an extraordinary place out near Kew where you go and they give you gloves to go through all the old police records and leafing through old paper."
#DopeGirls
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