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Heather Dawson

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Social science Librarian. LSE.

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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
LSE environment week @lselibrary.bsky.social 1950s @womensinstitute.bsky.social and Townswomens Guild pioneered campaigns to raise public awareness about litter. resolution 1954 @lsegeography.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social @lsesu.bsky.social @lsegender.bsky.social
A scanned magazine page from The Townswoman dated January 1954 is shown open on a page titled “National Council Meeting,” outlining a preliminary agenda for a meeting at the Royal Festival Hall in London in June 1954. The page contains multiple columns of text describing proposed resolutions and meeting business
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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Welcome, @lselibrary.bsky.social Here is a quick look at @lseanthropology.bsky.social @lsepbs.bsky.social @lsegender.bsky.social @lsehealthpolicy.bsky.social @lseid.bsky.social As I am lucky enough to be the Librarian. More help here www.lse.ac.uk/library/abou... Hope to see you soon.
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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
My feminist journal crafted amazing @lselibrary.bsky.social @womenslibrary.bsky.social She @lsealum.bsky.social Zuhra Karim Mukhti 1980s feminist magazine @liberatinghistorys.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social @lsegender.bsky.social @lsemedia.bsky.social @lsesouthasia.bsky.social
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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
My feminist journal crafted amazing @lselibrary.bsky.social @womenslibrary.bsky.social the title Alone we are powerless is from this See Red womens poster from the 1970s digital.library.lse.ac.uk/Documents/De... @lsegender.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social @liberatinghistorys.bsky.social
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Gillian Murphy @gillianmurphy.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
'The Guardian' view on the Women's Library at 100: a cause of celebration but not complacency www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Guardian view on the Women’s Library at 100: a cause for celebration but not complacency | Editorial
Editorial: The ups and downs of the collection launched by Millicent Fawcett make it an apt symbol of an ongoing struggle
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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Women &Rape Not for Want of Trying podcast. founding London Rape Crisis Centre 1976. @lselibrary.bsky.social 1987 article Mukhti, account reporting digital.library.lse.ac.uk/Documents/De... @rapecrisis.bsky.social @womenslibrary.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social
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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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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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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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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Remembering Gloria Steinem. @lselibrary.bsky.social She. Mar 1972 digital.library.lse.ac.uk/Documents/De... She: wmagazine founded LSE alumna Zuhra Karim. www.lse.ac.uk/library/coll... www.lse.ac.uk/library/coll... @lsegender.bsky.social @womenslibrary.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social
picture glora steinem she magazine
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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Women and Greenham Common. Not for Want of Trying anti-nuclear protest @lselibrary.bsky.social digital.library.lse.ac.uk/Documents/De... @lselibrary.bsky.social oral history digital.library.lse.ac.uk/collections/... @lsegender.bsky.social @fotwl.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social
A hand-drawn poster titled “Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp 1981–2000: A Spiritual Journey” presents a spiral timeline of the peace camp’s history. The timeline includes illustrated scenes of women marching, cutting fences, gathering at protests, and commemorative events, alongside text boxes describing key moments in the campaign against nuclear weapons.

The poster uses colourful drawings, circular date markers from 1981 to 2000, and handwritten notes to show major milestones, ending with the closure of the camp in 2000.
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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Book that must be suppressed Well of Loneliness. www.womenslegallandmarks.com/about/ review on @lselibrary.bsky.social Urania digital.library.lse.ac.uk/Documents/De... finds the book a triumph of art and delicacy @womenshistnet.bsky.social @wellofloneliness.bsky.social @lsegender.bsky.social
An open book displays a page from Urania, a two-monthly publication dated May–August 1929. The page contains two columns of printed text, with a blue British Library of Political and Economic Science stamp in the upper left corner and visible wear and staining on the paper.
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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Women &Abortion rights. www.womenslegallandmarks.com @lselibrary.bsky.social 1930s Birkett Committee clarified doctors could perform an abortion to save a woman’s life, digital.library.lse.ac.uk/Documents/De... @womenslibrary.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social @scotsuffragette.bsky.social
A scanned pamphlet cover from June 1939 issued by the National Council of Women of Great Britain. The page is titled “Summary of the Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Abortion” and contains several paragraphs of printed text outlining the committee’s membership, principles, definitions, and findings on abortion. Handwritten reference numbers appear at the top and a library label marked “Pamphlet” is attached at the bottom.
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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
eclipse viewing from @lselibrary.bsky.social letter civil, engineer Ralph Strachey to suffragist Philippa Strachey 1898 in india digital.library.lse.ac.uk/Documents/De... #eclipse @lsegender.bsky.social @lsesouthasia.bsky.social @scotsuffragette.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social
Handwritten letter dated 19 January 1948, written in dark ink on a single page. The letter begins “My dear Pippa” and discusses preparations for viewing an eclipse, including telescopes and an observation site.
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Philippa Grand @philippagrand.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
This is a major milestone for @lsepress.bsky.social - we have been accepted as a member of @aupresses.bsky.social. We're so proud to join this global community dedicated to advancing scholarly publishing and look forward to connecting with our fellow members.
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LSE Press @lsepress.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
La révolution climatique est arrivée⚡ The French edition of Nicholas Stern's The Growth Story of the 21st Century: The Economics and Opportunity of Climate Action is out now from Frémeaux et Associés 🌟 Repost for a chance to win 1 of 3 copies @gsos-lse.bsky.social press.lse.ac.uk/books/m/10.3...
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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Women are not to be eclipsed! cartoon @lselibrary.bsky.social Votes for Women April 12, 1912. on 17/4/12 there was a solar Eclipse digital.library.lse.ac.uk/Documents/De... #eclipse @lsegender.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social @scotsuffragette.bsky.social
Front page of the Votes for Women newspaper dated 12 April 1912, displayed as an open page from a bound volume. A large illustration beneath the headline “Not to be Eclipsed!” shows a figure riding a broomstick and carrying a flag, flying across a darkened sky beside an eclipse, with the Houses of Parliament silhouetted below. The lower half of the page contains columns of news text and a contents list.
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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Women, Property & Divorce podcast www.womenslegallandmarks.com/2017/08/08/w... earlier campaigning materials @lselibrary.bsky.social National Union for Equal Citizenship 1921. digital.library.lse.ac.uk/Documents/De.... @womenshistnet.bsky.social @lsegender.bsky.social @scotsuffragette.bsky.social
A pamphlet cover titled The Legal Position of Women as Wives and Mothers (in England and Wales) by Rosamond Smith is displayed against a dark background. The cover includes publication details from the National Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship, library and collection stamps, handwritten reference numbers, and a label identifying it as a pamphlet.
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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Going on a holiday? Find out about Mariana Starke & Grand Tour www.instagram.com/p/Db2ccx9NU5w/ with a quick glimpse at some resources from @lselibrary.bsky.social The Grand Tour librarysearch.lse.ac.uk/permalink/44... @womenshistnet.bsky.social @lsegender.bsky.social @scotsuffragette.bsky.social
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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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NLISN @nlisn.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
📄'Advancing neurodiversity inclusion in academic libraries: An integrated review of global research' ⬇️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #Library #Librarian #LibraryWorker #Research #Neurodivergent #Neurodiversity #Workplace #HiddenDisability #Autism #Academic #ADHD #Dyslexia #HE
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Advancing neurodiversity inclusion in academic libraries: An integrated review of global research
Research on neurodiversity in academic library contexts remains fragmented across disciplines and has focused predominantly on autism, attention-defic…
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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Contribution @lsesocialpolicy.bsky.social Sex Discrim Act 75 www.womenslegallandmarks.com/2017/08/08/s... Baroness Seear President @fawcettsociety.bsky.social Anti-Discrimination Bill Lords '71. Personnel Management academic @womenshistnet.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social
catholic citizen 1962 double page
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NLISN @nlisn.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Our event 'Fitting In and Standing Out: Experiences of #Autistic Librarians in Ireland' is included in the the latest bibliography on #disability #Libraries and #HE.
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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
View the latest free bibliography on Disability, Libraries, higher education, teaching and learning Do ask if you would like it sent as an attachment. it includes articles on neurodiversity, ai and more alissnet.com/wp-content/u... @ @nlisn.bsky.social @infolitgroup.bsky.social
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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
A suffrage play – Pageant of Great Women discussed on the Not for want of trying podcast www.womenslegallandmarks.com/2017/08/08/a... by Cicely Hamilton 1910 portraying ‘great women from history’ and intended to be inspiring and educational @womenshistnet.bsky.social @scotsuffragette.bsky.social
double page spread newspaper the vote from 1910
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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
celebrate south Asian heritage month with @lselibrary.bsky.social on our Padlet padlet.com/h_dawson/sou...: newspapers, data. archives www.lse.ac.uk/library/coll... @lsesouthasia.bsky.social @lseanthropology.bsky.social @lsesu.bsky.social
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South Asia Heritage month resources
South Asia Heritage month resources for you to enjoy every month
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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Married Womens Property Act 1882. Inspired by womenslegallandmarks.com/2017/08/08/m.... @lselibrary.bsky.social has many reports from the Married Womens Property Committee librarysearch.lse.ac.uk/permalink/44... @womenshistnet.bsky.social @lsegender.bsky.social @lselaw.bsky.social
front page of pamphlet 19th century married womens property committee
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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
19th c pamphlet sparked a revolution, according Prof Joanne Conaghan, womenslegallandmarks.com/2017/08/07/a... Barbara bodichon campaigner. summarised the way in which women's rights were limited by English law. @womenshistnet.bsky.social @lselibrary.bsky.social @lsegender.bsky.social
front page of 19th century book  brief summary in plain language the most important laws of england concerning women
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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
1920 Lawn tennis for Girls celebrated french tennis player .Suzanne Lenglen www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti... @lselibrary.bsky.social digital.library.lse.ac.uk/Documents/De... @womenshistnet.bsky.social @lsegender.bsky.social @wimbledonltc.bsky.social #wimbledon
book doublesoread text on left image of woman tennis player from 1920s on the right
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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
@fotwl.bsky.social event Una Kroll Movement Ordination of Women @lselibrary.bsky.social Christian Voices coming out 2016 oral history work as GP led to understand that gay people were not ill @lsegender.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social @womenslibrary.bsky.social
the womens library at 100 logo 4 women different nationalities
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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Welcome to the summer. writing a dissertation, you are not alone. @lselibrary.bsky.social can help. @lsegender.bsky.social @lsemedia.bsky.social @lsepbs.bsky.social @lseid.bsky.social @lseanthropology.bsky.social @lsehealthpolicy.bsky.social @lsesu.bsky.social @lseid.bsky.social sky.social
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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
#pride month. I was blown away by Alex Slater in GLF Come Together 14 "Gay pride is simply explaining gayness is good. that Gayness has as much potential for happiness and self-fulfilment as straightness has for straights." @lselibrary.bsky.social @lsesu.bsky.social @bishopsgateinst.bsky.social
image in blue page drawn sketch  throwing discusses under poem come toether magazine 1970s
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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
#PrideMonth selection of treasures@lselibrary.bsky.social Badges, photos, book recommendations @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social digital.library.lse.ac.uk/collections/... @womenslibrary.bsky.social @lsegender.bsky.social @bishopsgateinst.bsky.social @lsemedia.bsky.social @gaystheword.bsky.social
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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
#Pride month. amazing @lselibrary.bsky.social historic photos. 1974. large police presence plain dress of marchersprotesting rather than celebrating see more examples www.flickr.com/photos/lseli... @lsegender.bsky.social @lsemedia.bsky.social @howlwoman69.bsky.social @lsesu.bsky.social
photo black white gay pride march 1974  line of police men protesting in shirts trousers holding banners we are natures children too
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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Race and social justice newsletter - access your free snippets of key news and resources articles, links to websites aiming to quickly disseminate key news in a busy world! alissnet.com/wp-content/u... #decolonising @lseanthropology.bsky.social @decolonisinglu.bsky.social @lsesu.bsky.social
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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
#PrideMonth To celebrate Here is one of the amazing @lselibrary.bsky.social library badges from 1981 see more examples digital.library.lse.ac.uk/collections/... @lsegender.bsky.social @lsesu.bsky.social @lsepbs.bsky.social @lsemedia.bsky.social
gay pride badge 1981 fist pink triangle
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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Pride Month reading. Great list of suggestions from @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social from @lselibrary.bsky.social and school staff see them all here blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb... #pride @lsegender.bsky.social @lsesu.bsky.social @lsemedia.bsky.social @lsepbs.bsky.social
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Fourteen LGBTQ+ books for Pride Month 2026 - LSE Review of Books
For Pride Month 2026, Spectrum members and the wider LSE community recommend 14 must-read books that celebrate LGBTQ+ voices and stories.
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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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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
1st women accountants. @fotwl.bsky.social talk Ethel Watts, www.icaew.com/library/hist... Opportunity 1930 . she trained articled clerks to encourage women digital.library.lse.ac.uk/Documents/De... @lsegender.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social@icaew @icaew.bsky.social
inside page 1930 opportunity magazine a new record for women acocuntants is the article on the left.
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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
new @lselibrary.bsky.social Opportunity publication of the National Association of Women Civil Servants archives.lse.ac.uk/records/6NCS women only campaigned for equal opportunity end marriage bar digital.library.lse.ac.uk @lsegender.bsky.social @fotwl.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social
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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Centenary of the General Strike amazing @lselibrary.bsky.social collection photos, newspaper (local & foreign) digital.library.lse.ac.uk/collections/... #GeneralStrike100 @ihrlibrary.bsky.social @lsemedia.bsky.social @tuc.org.uk @phm.org.uk @lseechist.bsky.social @bishopsgateinst.bsky.social
old newspaper front page balham tooting
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RLUK Research Libraries UK @rluk.ac.uk · 18/05/2026
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...
Screenshot of Zoom discussion with Jamie Robinson, Gurtek Singh, and Erika Delbecque on screen.
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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
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
typewritten letter heading peoples suffrage foundation
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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
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 @lsegender.bsky.socialr@womenshistnet.bsky.social 1 m
photo handwritten letter shows old fashuioned handwriting at the top is  a drawing of a women in victorian clothes chasing a man
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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
@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
image exhibition case displaying books by audre lourdeplus newspaper cuttings
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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
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
inside cover of the book with title.
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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
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
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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
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
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ALISS Current Awareness resources
Aliss is active on Social media- here are a selection of sites we use to keep you informed, so why not follow us today to keep up to date? Bluesky Instagram Higher education news for libraries and …
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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
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
fabian pamphlet front page women as councillors shows text
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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
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
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