Early Life Mary Anne Theresa Whitby was born in 1783. She was the daughter of a naval officer named Thomas Symonds and had seven siblings. Marriage and Meeting Admiral Cornwallis In 1802, Mary marr…

Our Summer Seminar Series draws to a close soon, but we are delighted to end what has been wonderful, insightful and stimulating series with a fascinating paper by Dr Eleanor Peters, titled: &#8216…

Our Summer Seminar Series draws to a close soon, but we are delighted to end what has been wonderful, insightful and stimulating series with a fascinating paper by Dr Eleanor Peters, titled: &#8216…

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…

Our Summer Seminar Series draws to a close soon, but we are delighted to end what has been wonderful, insightful and stimulating series with a fascinating paper by Dr Eleanor Peters, titled: &#8216…

Sign up to our next seminar, ‘Mammy’s Tricks: Maids & Madames, Buckling Hierarchies, and the Badger Thief ‘Panic’ in Urban Brazil, 1948-1954′ where we will be join…

This blog is also available in French. Read the French translation below the English version. On the 29th of May 2026, I was at the City Hall in Vannes, a city one hour from Rennes, in the Northwes…

Sign up to our next seminar, ‘Mammy’s Tricks: Maids & Madames, Buckling Hierarchies, and the Badger Thief ‘Panic’ in Urban Brazil, 1948-1954′ where we will be join…

In 1902, readers opening Sarah Tyson Rorer’s New Cook Book were instructed to wash vegetables carefully, keep utensils clean, and avoid serving spoiled milk. [i] To a modern audience, these directi…

The WHN 34th Annual Conference: Celebrating the Centenary of the Women’s Library and 100 Years of Women's History – multiple locations, Thu 3 Sep 2026 - Fri 4 Sep 2026 - The WHN 34th Annual Conference...

We’re very excited to announce our next seminar, which will be a panel event titled ‘Western Epistemologies of Women’s Sport and Fitness’. We have two speakers, Renhui Feng (Chengdu Sport Uni…

In April 1877, Owens College’s Court, the governing body of the only higher education establishment in Manchester, and the only incorporated college of Victoria University (Manchester), announced i…

We’re very excited to announce our next seminar, which will be a panel event titled ‘Western Epistemologies of Women’s Sport and Fitness’. We have two speakers, Renhui Feng (Chengdu Sport Uni…

We’re very excited to announce our next seminar, which will be a panel event titled ‘Western Epistemologies of Women’s Sport and Fitness’. We have two speakers, Renhui Feng (Chengdu Sport Uni…

We’re very excited to announce our next seminar, which will be a panel event titled ‘Western Epistemologies of Women’s Sport and Fitness’. We have two speakers, Renhui Feng (Chengdu Sport Uni…

We are very excited to welcome Sylvia Arthur to the Women’s History Network, who will be giving a paper titled, ‘Unleashing the Tides of Muteness: A Women’s Oral History of West Africa&…

We are very excited to welcome Sylvia Arthur to the Women’s History Network, who will be giving a paper titled, ‘Unleashing the Tides of Muteness: A Women’s Oral History of West Africa&…

We are very excited to welcome Sylvia Arthur to the Women’s History Network, who will be giving a paper titled, ‘Unleashing the Tides of Muteness: A Women’s Oral History of West Africa&…

We are delighted to welcome Dr Krista Milne, Esther Freeman and Ruoyu Jia to the Women’s History Network Seminar Series for our panel on women’s reproductive and maternal health. The se…

My first encounter with Helen Taylor Whilst researching my M.A. dissertation on the feminist Irish nationalist, Anna Parnell, a brief reference to Helen Taylor in a newspaper piqued my interest.  I…

We are delighted to welcome Dr Krista Milne, Esther Freeman and Ruoyu Jia to the Women’s History Network Seminar Series for our panel on women’s reproductive and maternal health. The se…

We are delighted to welcome Dr Krista Milne, Esther Freeman and Ruoyu Jia to the Women’s History Network Seminar Series for our panel on women’s reproductive and maternal health. The se…

On the 30 September 1918, sanitary inspector Dorothy Newhall wrote in her diary; ‘Terrible excitement today! Peace terms sign with Bulgaria to evacuate Serbia!’[i] Dorothy was on a brief visit to S…

‘Not all heroes wear capes’, a common refrain during and since the Covid pandemic, but the ideas behind that phrase go back much further and certainly played a part in the Home Front during the Sec…

Join us for the next session of our Summer Seminar Series will take place on Tuesday, 2 June at 4pm GMT. Our speaker will be Dr Mubarak Tukur, an early-career scholar and Lecturer at the Department…

This blog post focuses on Anna Maria Garthwaite who was a silk designer in 18th century England. A silk designers’ purpose was to create designs that showed weavers what colours and decoration they…

Join us for the next session of our Summer Seminar Series will take place on Tuesday, 2 June at 4pm GMT. Our speaker will be Dr Mubarak Tukur, an early-career scholar and Lecturer at the Department…

The first session of our Summer Seminar Series will take place on Tuesday, 5 May at 4pm GMT. Our speaker for the session is Dr Sophie Horrocks David, a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the Univers…

We are awarding £250 for the best undergraduate dissertation on women’s or gender history written in the 2025–2026 academic year. Entries need to show original research and be submitted to a UK uni…

The first session of our Summer Seminar Series will take place on Tuesday, 5 May at 4pm GMT. Our speaker for the session is Dr Sophie Horrocks David, a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the Univers…

Whilst preparing social media content for LGBTQ+ history month I came across the Welsh County LGBTQ+ timelines. Scanning the Newport timeline, one individual caught my eye – Amelia Vella. The timel…

The first session of our Summer Seminar Series will take place on Tuesday, 5 May at 4pm GMT. Our speaker for the session is Dr Sophie Horrocks David, a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the Univers…

We are very pleased to announce Sophie Weinberg’s ‘The Matrilineal Printing House: Recovering the Printing Lineage of Widow Stationers in the Seventeenth-Century English Book Trade’ the winne…

The final session of our Spring Seminar Series will take place on Tuesday, 21 April at 4pm GMT. Our speaker for the session is Dr Kellie Bradshaw, a Professor of History from Germanna Community Col…

Late Imperial China is often described as a society structured by strict gender hierarchies. Elite women were expected to remain within the domestic inner quarters, devoted to family duty, moral vi…

The final session of our Spring Seminar Series will take place on Tuesday, 21 April at 4pm GMT. Our speaker for the session is Dr Kellie Bradshaw, a Professor of History from Germanna Community Col…

The final session of our Spring Seminar Series will take place on Tuesday, 21 April at 4pm GMT. Our speaker for the session is Dr Kellie Bradshaw, a Professor of History from Germanna Community Col…

In April 1818, Catherine Macknally, described in the parish records of St Andrew, Plymouth, as a ‘common prostitute’, was apprehended while wandering and begging with her two illegitimate children—…

An analysis of liminality in the context of Irish migrant women I completed a practice-led research Masters in August 2022, the purpose of the study was to explore and answer the question, “How hav…

The penultimate session of our Spring Seminar Series will take place on Tuesday, 7 April at 7pm GMT. Our speaker for the session is Dr Samuel Beckton, who will be talking about his research on &#82…