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Cathy Hunt @cathyhunt.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Here is a series of blog posts about a South Yorkshire socialist councillor and campaigner who also happened to be born into the aristocracy. It's quite a story! cathyhunthistorian.com/2026/07/19/p... #yorkshirehistory #wentworthwoodhouse #labourhistory

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Part One. The Public Life of Lady Mabel Smith: An Introduction, including sources consulted

Lady Mabel Smith was born in 1870 into one of the wealthiest aristocratic families in England – the Fitzwilliams – but, defying the expectations and conventions of her class and sex, she beca…

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South West Heritage Trust @swheritagetrust.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Struggles, Strikes, Solidarity 5 Mar: Join @cathyhunt.bsky.social for a fascinating talk that examines the challenges faced by women workers and the extraordinary efforts to organise them into an all-women trade union, led by the charismatic Mary Macarthur @womenshistnet.bsky.social

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Struggles, Strikes, Solidarity

Discover the challenges faced by women workers and the extraordinary efforts, often against the odds, to create an all-women trade union.

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Cathy Hunt @cathyhunt.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

I’m delighted to have been invited to deliver this talk - and so close to International Women’s Day too. There’s so much to discover about women’s lives by finding out more about their work, their pay and their determination to be treated fairly and with respect

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Cathy Hunt @cathyhunt.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

So happy to see a blue plaque in Coventry for Alice Arnold, one of the city’s first 2 women Labour councillors after WW1. She was a remarkable woman- see blog here cathyhunthistorian.com #workingclasshistory

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