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The Friends of The Women's Library support The Women's Library at LSE in acquisition, preservation and education. friendsofthewomenslibrary.org.uk

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Amy Gray @amygraywrites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is such a great book (and her biography of Eleanor Rathbone should be on every politician's shelf). Would definitely be joining if I could.
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Gillian Murphy @gillianmurphy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today 29 September 1967 was Vera Douie's last day in the Fawcett Library. Tomorrow is the last day of The Women's Library centenary exhibition. Thank you to everyone who visited (so far). Here is Vera in the Fawcett Library on Wilfred Street and a portrait of Vera by Madeline Anderson in 1967.
Older woman standing behind a chair by a long table with large windows behind.painting of older woman in blue dress and wearing a hat sitting in a brown armchair. Portrait on the floor up against the wall.
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Friends of The Women's Library @fotwl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Join us on 7 October at 2.30pm at LSE Library for a hybrid talk by Prof Susan Pedersen on 'Burn This Letter: Love and Trouble in a Marriage of Four' (2026) about two aristocratic Balfour wives, their marriages and politics. Info here: womenshistorynetwork.org/friends-of-t...
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Friends of the Women’s Library Talk on 7 October
Friends of The Women’s Library Talks Programme Wednesday Oct. 7, 2.30 pm, at LSE Library, Professor Susan Pedersen will be speaking on her most recent book, Burn This Letter: Love and Trouble…
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HOWL @howl2025.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Being told that I couldn't do things because I was a girl was like a red rag to a bull." Raised by a single mother, Gaby Weiner has always been a feminist: in the Hornsey Housebound Housewives, in a school where women teachers couldn't wear trousers, and in her MA on the Sex Discrimination Act.
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RAISED BY A SINGLE MOTHER, I’VE ALWAYS BEEN A FEMINIST | HOWL
Always a feminist, brought up by a single mother, threaded through education, teaching and writing.
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LSE Library @lselibrary.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
📆ONLINE EVENT Wed 30 Sep 1-2pm Trailblazers: the first women elected to government. Listen to the stories of fearless women who broke barriers and changed the game in government with historian Paula Bartley. #TheWomen'sLibraryat100 @lsegovernment.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/trailblaze...
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Trailblazers: the first women elected to government
Dive into the stories of fearless women who broke barriers and changed the game in government.
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Elizabeth Crawford @womanssphere.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I was invited to write a piece @ my new book -The British Women’s Suffrage Movement in 100 Objects (pub by @ @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social)for the jnl of the Association of Librarians & Information Professionals in the Social Sciences. Let me know if you librarians are interested! #womenshistory
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Women's History Scotland @womenshistscot.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
📢 Please share widely! Our speaker for the annual Sue Innes Memorial Lecture is historian of Scottish emigration, Professor Marjory Harper! 📅 Saturday 24 October 🕑 2.00–3.30pm 📍 AK Bell Library, Perth 🎟️ Book via Ticket Tailor: www.tickettailor.com/events/women... Non-WHS members welcome!
Poster for the Women’s History Scotland annual Sue Innes Memorial Lecture. It advertises a lecture by Professor Marjory Harper titled “Testimonies of Transition and Transformation: Female Voices from the Scottish Diaspora.” The event takes place on Saturday 24 October, 2–3:30pm, at Soutar Theatre, AK Bell Library, York Place, Perth, PH2 8EP. Admission is free, with tickets available via a QR code. The poster includes a photograph of Professor Harper and an image of a historical Canadian immigration poster showing a woman standing in a rural landscape.
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LSE Library @lselibrary.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
New on LSE Library Digital Library! 578 posters and photographs from the Association for Moral and Social Hygiene (AMSH) archive are now available to browse. More material will be added to this collection in the coming months. digital.library.lse.ac.uk/collections/... #ArchiveSky #HistorySky
c.1880 monochrome photograph of Josephine Butler, Henry J Wilson, and James Stuart. Subjects seated outside.1921 monochrome photograph of 1921 Abolitionist Conference delegates in Rome, November 1921.1870s monochrome poster, with the headline 'Contagious Diseases Acts, Women'. Addresses the Men and Women of Birmingham, stating that 'whatever corrupts the morals of the community and has been embodied in a Law, cannot be unfit for both Men and Women to know and denounce'.
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Elizabeth Crawford @womanssphere.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
31 years after signing a contract to research & write The Women’s Suffrage Movement: a reference guide, I’ve now signed with @routledgehistory.bsky.social to produce a SECOND EDITION. I like to keep busy. NB current ed. Remains in print #votesforwomen
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LSE South Asia Centre @lsesouthasia.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Women's Library @lselibrary.bsky.social marks 💯 years! To celebrate this milestone, join us for a special event to discuss 5 decades of women publishing in Pakistan. 📆 Thu, 24 Sep 26 📍 LSE, WC2A 🕕 6pm For 🗣️ & 🆓 reg. details, click on ⬇️ 🔗 www.lse.ac.uk/south-asia-c... @lsepress.bsky.social
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LSE Library @lselibrary.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
New blog! Read @lseechist.bsky.social Madeleine Dawson explores the 'What Women Want' archive in the The Women’s Library at LSE. Launched in 1995, it was the largest survey of women in Britain. #TheWomen'sLibraryat100 @fotwl.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsehistory/2...
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LSE Library @lselibrary.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
📆EVENT Thu 24 Sep 6-8pm Preserving women's publishing histories: Editing Women in the Archives. Hear about the project working to preserve five decades of magazines pioneered, edited and sustained by Pakistani women. #TheWomen'sLibraryat100 @lsesouthasia.bsky.social www.lse.ac.uk/library/what...
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Editing Women in the Archives
Celebrate five decades of Pakistani women in publishing with us at this panel discussion.
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Elizabeth Crawford @womanssphere.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Just noticed that Bloomsbury is offering the p/b edition online at an exceedingly tempting price www.bloomsbury.com/uk/british-w... #womenshistory #votesforwomen
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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
@womenshistnet.bsky.social conference. @lselibrary.bsky.social displayed some newly acquired archives @fotwl.bsky.social . handwritten manuscript Constance Lytton disguised as maid force-fed www.suffrageresources.org.uk/database/216... @scotsuffragette.bsky.social @lsegender.bsky.social
Handwritten diary page with dated entries from January 1916, written in dark ink on lined paper. The manuscript includes references to a protest meeting, court proceedings, and Chelmsford Gaol, with corrections and crossed-out words visible throughout
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LSE Library @lselibrary.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
We are looking forward to welcoming keynote speaker @caitbeaumont.bsky.social and delegates of @womenshistnet.bsky.social conference today.
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LSE Library @lselibrary.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Shout out for Grace Parker's blog 'Women and enviornmental activism' in keynote by @caitbeaumont.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social conference. blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsehistory/2...
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Women and environmental activism: the National Federation of Women’s Institutes - LSE History
The WI is the UK's largest women's organisation, and has been campaigning to protect the environment since the 1920s. Grace Parker explored its archives at The Women's Library, to find out more.
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LSE Library @lselibrary.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Last few weeks to visit our exhibition 'The Women's Library at 100: Celebrating a Century of Collections' on the history of The Women’s Library and its rich and diverse collections from the viewpoint of researchers engaging with it. www.lse.ac.uk/library/what...
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The Women’s Library at 100: celebrating a century of collections
Visit our exhibition and celebrate 100 years since the founding of The Women's Library.
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Caroline Derry @carolinederry.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Lovely to meet up with colleagues and enjoy exhibitions on day 1 of the @womenshistnet.bsky.social at @lselibrary.bsky.social - with a keynote from @caitbeaumont.bsky.social starting shortly.
Photo of a slide with a montage of historicalimages and the conference title, Celebrating the Centenary of the Women's Library and 100 Years of Women's History
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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Thank you @womenshistnet.bsky.social for invite to give keynote #WHN2026 conference @lselibrary.bsky.social. It was fun 🤩. Packed programme today, great papers showcasing new research incl: @teadevotee.bsky.social @girlinthewrongera.bsky.social @tmartinwalsh.bsky.social @annefhlogan.bsky.social
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Friends of The Women's Library @fotwl.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The Women's Library has some impressive chains of office for the Institute of Home Economics!
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Elizabeth Crawford @womanssphere.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
(My bad, quick) photos of a real suffragette’s photograph album. My pics (as were the originals) taken long before Insta dreamed of. Such albums were the Insta of their day. Photos are analysed as ‘objects’ in my new book pub by @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social See link in bio. #worldphotographyday📸
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Anne Logan @annefhlogan.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I will be speaking about the celebration in 1928 marking the centenary of Josephine Butler’s birth & what it tells us about 1920s feminism. There’s lots of other papers too, probably even more interesting!
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Dr Martin Walsh FRHistS @tmartinwalsh.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Delighted to be giving a paper at this years conference. congrats to the organisers for putting it together.
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Caroline Derry @carolinederry.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I'm looking forward to talking about the somewhat overlooked Criminal Law Amendment Act 1951, a direct attack on the sexual double standard. #LegalHistory
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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Honoured to give a keynote at @womenshistnet.bsky.social conference on 3 Sept. Will reflect on how @lselibrary.bsky.social #WomensLibrary shaped my research since first visit in 1991 & will be sharing beginnings of project on history of @womensinstitute.bsky.social & its #environmental activism.
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Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
🚨WHN Annual Conference: See the full programme! Join us for a very special conference year celebrating the centenary of the Women’s Library and 100 years of women's history. Thu 3 Sep - Fri 4 Sep 2026. For more details and to book womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-c... @lselibrary.bsky.social
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WHN Annual Conference: Registrations now open!
The Women’s History Network 34th Annual Conference Celebrating the Centenary of the Women’s Library and 100 Years of Women’s History (1926-2026) 3-4 September 2026, LSE Library & Fr…
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Sadiah Qureshi 🦈 @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Here briefly to provide the registration link to this super exciting inaugural from Professor Sumita Mukherjee. 28 October in Bristol, with an online option available. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inaugural-...
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Inaugural Lecture of Professor Sumita Mukherjee (in person and online)
Please join the School of Humanities, University of Bristol, in celebrating Professor Sumita Mukherjee's inaugural lecture.
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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Off to University of Ottawa tomorrow for week's immersion in #oralhistory & #feministethics. Fantastic programme for #oralhistorycollective summer institute & honoured to be asked to present keynote on @ukri.org #AHRC #womensgrassrootsactivism network. Lots to share & lots to learn over the week.
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Dr Martin Walsh FRHistS @tmartinwalsh.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I have been working as a consultant historian for a while now. I have now got a shiny new website to go with it. Should anyone need the services of a researcher, oral historian, archivist.... The site is still a work in progress with new social media platforms coming online soon. historian.ie
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HISTORIAN.IE
Bringing history to life
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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Incredibly grateful to @gillianmurphy.bsky.social for inviting Grace to write this blog for 💯 years of Women’s Library & for all the support & guidance given by staff at the @lselibrary.bsky.social to Grace during her time working on the @womensinstitute.bsky.social archives. 🙏❤️.
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Gillian Murphy @gillianmurphy.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
New blog for The Women's Library at 100 by Grace Parker, student at LSBU on environmental activism and the Women's Institutes. Thank you Grace! blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsehistory/2...
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Women and environmental activism: the National Federation of Women’s Institutes - LSE History
The WI is the UK's largest women's organisation, and has been campaigning to protect the environment since the 1920s. Grace Parker explored its archives at The Women's Library, to find out more.
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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
So proud of Grace who did work experience with me. We worked together finding out more about @womensinstitute.bsky.social involvement in environmental activism. & icing on cake was Grace discovering her great grandmother was in her local WI. @womenshistnet.bsky.social #womensgrassrootsactivism
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Elizabeth Crawford @womanssphere.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
NOW PUBLISHED – The British Women’s Suffrage Movement in 100 Objects Here's a glance at just two of the spreads from the inside my new book. And here's the cover. 320 pages, 38 colour illustrations and 63 black & white. Available in paperback, hardback and as an Ebook. Order through your favourite…
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NOW PUBLISHED – The British Women’s Suffrage Movement in 100 Objects
Here's a glance at just two of the spreads from the inside my new book. And here's the cover. 320 pages, 38 colour illustrations and 63 black & white. Available in paperback, hardback and as an Ebook. Order through your favourite independent bookshop or from Bloomsbury, Blackwells, Waterstones or Amazon And it's even stocked in some bookshops...
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Friends of The Women's Library @fotwl.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Congratulations Elizabeth!
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Elizabeth Crawford @womanssphere.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Publication day today. And here are 2 more lovely comments from early readers. I’m so grateful to them for their interest. Btw this seems a rather good deal on the p/b from you-know-who amzn.eu/d/0do1hf11
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Elizabeth Crawford @womanssphere.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I am pleased - and relieved - to have approval for my new book from two workers who delve daily at the suffrage coalface. For details of the book - pub tomorrow by @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social - see link in bio
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Elizabeth Crawford @womanssphere.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Never forget the 19th-c suffrage campaigners who laid the foundation for eventual success. Over 60+ years, the campaign took many forms, leaving in its wake 1000s of objects. I take 100 to tell the story. The end is near- pub tomorrow - see link in bio #womenshistory #suffragettes #votesforwomen
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Elizabeth Crawford @womanssphere.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Yes, a hot air balloon was a ‘suffrage object’ - in which Muriel Matters sailed over London, dropping ‘Votes for Women’ leaflets as she went. For more suffrage objects see my new book, pub 23 July by @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social #womenshistory #suffragehistory
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Dr Naomi Paxton @naomipaxton.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Saw this on Broadway and was an absolute husk afterwards… it was incredibly well done and the research shines through. Thrilled it was properly filmed for posterity - and reaching more audiences live with the US tour still going strong!
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Mari Takayanagi @satisfactory20.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
In Parliament this week (6-10 July)? Stop by the Upper Waiting Hall and find out about 1960s-70s feminist MPJoyce Butler in this mini-exhibition by @teadevotee.bsky.social www.mansfield.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...
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History Fellow Dr Lyndsey Jenkins showcases the life of Joyce Butler, MP for Wood Green, in Parliament - Mansfield College
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Elizabeth Crawford @womanssphere.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
#OTD 1928 all women became eligible to vote on the same terms as men. Beginning in 1866, the campaign had many byways. I take 100 objects to act as signposts & direct the narrative in my new book. Pub 23 July by @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social see link in bio #womenshistory
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Gillian Murphy @gillianmurphy.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
New in The Women's Library at 100 blog series by Terri Mullholland: '“An ever increasing army” – housing the unmarried woman worker in London' blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsehistory/2...
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“An ever increasing army” – housing the unmarried woman worker in London - LSE History
Terri Mulholland has used The Women's Library at LSE to explore publications giving advice on board and lodgings for unmarried women who had travelled to London for work in the early 20th century.
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Friends of The Women's Library @fotwl.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Thanks to everyone who joined us for the AGM and for Lyndsey and Grace's talk. We had a great time.
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Friends of The Women's Library @fotwl.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Because of the heat, we have, sadly, decided to go online for our AGM and talk on Thursday. AGM at 5pm. Talk from Lyndsey and Grace at 6.30pm. Hope to see you there.
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Elizabeth Crawford @womanssphere.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
This is a picture book. 100 pics attached to 100 essays narrating the history of the women’s suffrage campaign, 1866-128 & beyond. It’s social history, it’s politics, it’s people, it’s inventiveness, it’s memory. Pub 23 July - details in link in bio @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social
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Elizabeth Crawford @womanssphere.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
The entire history of the women’s suffrage campaign - 1866 to 1928 - suffragists and suffragettes - from petitions to bombings - is set out v succinctly in my new book The British Women’s Suffrage Campaign in 100 Objects, published @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social 23 July. No excuse not know this history
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Elizabeth Crawford @womanssphere.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
A ‘suffrage game’ such as Pank-a-Squith is just one of the 100 objects through which I narrate the history of the British women’s suffrage movement. Look out for my book, to be published by @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social 23 July
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Elizabeth Crawford @womanssphere.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
#OTD1913 Emily Wilding Davison went by train to Epsom, returning a few days later - in a coffin. An item carried in her funeral procession is Object 73 in my ‘The British Women’s Suffrage Movement in 100 Objects’ pub by @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social on 23 July. An enticing pre-order price is available
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Friends of The Women's Library @fotwl.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Join us at LSE Library on 25 June for our hybrid AGM talk by @teadevotee.bsky.social and @graceheaton.bsky.social on the faith, feminism and politics of Una Kroll. More details and sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-magnific...
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‘A Magnificent Failure’? Una Kroll: Faith, Feminism, and Politics
Join us for a discussion of Una Kroll’s campaigning through faith, feminism, and politics.
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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Looking forward to attending the @fotwl.bsky.social annual lecture & hearing the always worth hearing @teadevotee.bsky.social & @graceheaton.bsky.social speak faith, feminism & politics. Free tickets still available in-person & online…
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‘A Magnificent Failure’? Una Kroll: Faith, Feminism, and Politics
Join us for a discussion of Una Kroll’s campaigning through faith, feminism, and politics.
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