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Celebrating today—for no particular reason—one of the women who contributed to, yet is rarely credited for, essential work out of the public view. Harriet Fortescue, maintained the smooth running of the Turkish bath movement. www.victorianturkishbath.org/1INTRODUCTIO... @womenshistnet.bsky.social 🗃️

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This London Fashion Week, discover how skirt lengths have evolved over the decades, reflecting societal changes and economic trends. Dive into the full story here: womenshistorynetwork.org/the-history-... #LondonFashionWeek #FashionHistory #WomensHistory

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🌈 Celebrate LGBT History Month by exploring the collaborative research on Anne Lister. Discover how the Anne Lister community is uncovering new stories and perspectives. womenshistorynetwork.org/rediscoverin... #LGBTQHistoryMonth #AnneLister #WomensHistoryNetwork

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Kick off London Fashion Week by exploring the history of the lingerie dress. Discover how this iconic style, adorned with lace, embroidery, and ruffles, reigned supreme in the early 1900s. womenshistorynetwork.org/the-reign-of... #LondonFashionWeek #FashionHistory #WomensHistoryNetwork

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Tales from @rcn.org.uk #NursesInRed #Wikipedia project Meet Emily 'Margaret' Cummins RRC (1866-1934) born #Lewisham later #Matron #Liverpool Royal Infirmary #HistNursing #HistMed #WomensHistory #WomenInRed @womenofsouthlondon.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_M...

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On this day, 19 February 1913, suffragettes Lilian Lenton and Olive Wharry were arrested and charged with setting fire to the tea pavilion in Kew Gardens. Learn more on this education resource: #WomensHist #GenderHist #Suffragettes #OTD www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/re...

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1 month to go for our #Webinar with Prof Jennie Batchelor of the University of York about #Hampshire resident #JaneAusten and the Magazines. If you love this novelist as much as we do, please join us on 19th March at 7pm ⬇️ hampshirearchivestrust.co.uk/events/jane-... #JaneAusten250

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"Women of the World Unite: The United Nations Decade for Women and Transnational Feminisms 1975 to Now' - new exhibition opening on 10 February.

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#OtD 18 Feb 1904 sculptor, teacher and anti-fascist Felicia Browne was born. Travelling to Spain to fight fascism, she tragically became the first British volunteer be killed in the civil war during a mission to blow up a fascist munitions train stories.workingclasshistory.c...

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18 February #OTD Lilian Bader was born in 1918. Read by Lucia Wallbank’s blog on ‘one of the first Black British women in the Royal Air Force’. womenshistorynetwork.org/lilian-bader... #WomensHistory #GenderHist

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I always like to say "If Limerick was good enough for Lola, then Lola was good enough for Limerick!" She was an absolute legend! @kickasswomenof.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social @infinite-women.com

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A huge thank you to @ihrwomen.bsky.social for sharing our poster in their weekly newsletter! Hopefully @womenshistnet.bsky.social followers will also be interested in our upcoming event? More details below and on our website!

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📢 Access to birth control in Ireland & challenges faced by women & men in navigating religious doctrine & the law vs social justice & health care on @newstalkfm.bsky.social panel made up of @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social @jenniferredmond.bsky.social @earner.bsky.social & me. @whaireland.bsky.social

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On 17 February 1909 Muriel Matters, Australian-born suffrage supporter, organised an airship emblazoned with "Votes for Women" to distribute Women’s Freedom League leaflets over parliament for the state opening. #WomensHistory #GenderHist #OTD

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This Thursday at GWL - film & discussion about British undercover police abuses of power and human rights. womenslibrary.org.uk/event/the-wo...

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#CfP #CallForPapers deadline: 29 March 2025

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Last night was the @baftaofficial.bsky.social awards and we wanted to continue celebrating talent in the film industry with this blog post from @zoevb.bsky.social about the stories of amateur #Women #Filmmakers in #Hampshire Wessex Film & Sound Archive 🎥 hampshirearchivestrust.co.uk/stories/blog...

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@womenshistnet.bsky.social The long-awaited full biography of Mary "Slasher" Richardson has just been published. www.hastingspress.co.uk/mrr.html

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Day 15 of LGBTQ+ blogs/articles you may have missed. 'The lesbian monster in Spanish fantaterror films' #lgbtqia #LGBTHM @womenshistnet.bsky.social womenshistorynetwork.org/wp-content/u...

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Margaret Partridge bit.ly/3anO3yg & Margaret Rowbotham en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margare... Partners in life & #engineering 1962 wrote joint letter of grandmotherly advice on joys of retirement: designing sports pavilion, converting stately home in2 boys school. Buried together #LGBTHM24 #ValentinesDay

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Day 14 of LGBTQ+ blogs/articles you may have missed. How about heading back to the Middle Ages - @womenshistnet.bsky.social @lgbthistory.bsky.social womenshistorynetwork.org/recovering-l...

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#HistNursing quick read ☕️ 📖

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New on the blog! @alannahtomkins.bsky.social shares her new book, Nursing the English from Plague to Peterloo, 1660-1820. It looks again at the pre-Nightingale nurse and examines the origins of her denigration. @manchesterup.bsky.social womenshistorynetwork.org/the-pre-hist...

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"A rare, intimate picture of Baker emerges in her memoir, Fearless and Free, originally published in France in 1949 and now translated into English for the first time." www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture...

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This @lgbthm.bsky.social learn, about suffrage supporter Kathlyn Oliver, who found connect through an extraordinary publication The Link. #LGBTHM24 #LGBTQ womenshistorynetwork.org/kathlyn-oliv...

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Considering current events, all efforts towards preserving our historical achievements need this manner of supportive activity! ✨️

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CfP from our friends at @womenshistnet.bsky.social for their 33rd annual conference.

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uncovering women in archives has been a daily challenge for a couple of decades now - and also so rewarding 👇

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Apparently it's International Day of Women and Girls in Science: a couple of relevant old blog posts of mine - one that I didn't flag up last Ada Lovelace Day: lesleyahall.blogspot.com/2014/10/ada-...

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This is Mrs. Florence Bell, the first nurse to go to the Royal Veterinary College of London. This is a cigarette card from my collection and in the info about her on the back it says “the more she sees of humans, the better she likes animals”. 1938.

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‘First, we Eat a Bagel, then, we Smash the Patriarchy.’ Learn more on the blog about queer Jewish women in late twentieth century Britain by Mie Jensen. #LGBTHM #QueerHist womenshistorynetwork.org/first-we-eat...

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For World Radio Day, learn about Dina Dobson, a pioneering archaeologist, educator, and radio broadcaster. Discover her remarkable contributions to British archaeology and BBC radio. Read more here: womenshistorynetwork.org/resurrecting... #WorldRadioDay #WomensHistory #RadioHistory

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📻✨ Celebrate World Radio Day by exploring the early days of women's broadcasting with the BBC's Women's Hour from 1923-4. Discover the pioneering efforts that brought women's voices to the airwaves. womenshistorynetwork.org/early-radio-... #WorldRadioDay #WomensHistory #RadioHistory

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Celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science by reading about Marie Curie. 🧪🔬 Discover how her ground-breaking work in physics and chemistry continues to inspire women in STEM fields today: womenshistorynetwork.org/marie-curie-... #WomenInScience #MarieCurie #WomensHistory

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📣We are delighted to announce the 2025 recipients of the Joint BME Small Grants! This scheme is supported by @histedsocuk.bsky.social, EHS; History UK; @historywo.bsky.social, @royalhistsoc.bsky.social; @sslh.bsky.social and @womenshistnet.bsky.social!✨ socialhistory.org.uk/2025/02/10/b...

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#OtD 9 Feb 1912 women workers in a factory in Bridport staged a wildcat strike over pay and conditions. They refused arbitration and ended strike only after a London union official came down to sign them up and settle the dispute stories.workingclasshistory.c...'s-wildcat-strike

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The ladies of Llangollen, or Lady Eleanor Charlotte Butler (1739-1829) and the Hon Sarah Ponsonby (1755-1832), were two Anglo-Irish elite women, who determined that they would forego heterosexual marriage – learn more on the blog. #LGBTHM #LGBTQ womenshistorynetwork.org/the-ladies-o...

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As it’s Sexual Abuse and Sexual Violence Awareness Week we’re resharing a blog written in collaboration with our project partner #WelshWomensAid #ITSNOTOK #domesticabuse #LegalHistory tinyurl.com/4y85uy3t

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The aim of the WHN’s 33rd annual conference is to explore & celebrate the challenges & opportunities of uncovering the presence of women within archives, libraries, museums & personal collections. See the call for papers here: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-c... #WomensHistory #GenderHist #CPF

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For thirty years, the Women’s History Network has published articles and blogs on various women's topics. This reading list for LGBTQ+ History Month aims to enhance the visibility of our publications. #LGBTHM25 🌈 womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-reading-...

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On 7 February 1914, the East London Federation of Suffragettes was expelled from the Women's Social and Political Union after disagreements. Find out more about the ELFS on the blog: womenshistorynetwork.org/the-splendid... #OTD #WomensHistory

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On the blog, read about the “Strong Willed & Courageous … Margaret Schencke – A Woman of Fortitude” womenshistorynetwork.org/strong-wille... #WomensHistory #GenderHist

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#OTD 6 February 1918 the Representation of the People Act received Royal Assent. Read about suffragette Emily Wilding Davison on the blog by Tara Morton. womenshistorynetwork.org/still-makes-... #GenderHist #WomensHistory #Suffrage

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On the blog, read about the Women’s Social and Political Union in Ireland by Katie Barclay. womenshistorynetwork.org/womens-socia... #WomensHistory #GenderHist

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To mark the Representation of the People Act getting Royal Assent #OTD 6 February in 1918, we’ll be sharing some of our blogs about people who campaigned for the vote. First up, “With thanks to the woman who did the typing” by Lucienne Boyce. womenshistorynetwork.org/with-thanks-... #GenderHist

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“My heart will always be in Brixton.” Olive Morris b1952 Jamaica, arrived UK 1961. Activist for women’s rights, housing and anti racial discrimination. Founded Brixton’s Black Women’s Group, member of British Black Panthers and worked at Brixton Law Centre. Died so young at 27 #womenshistory

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‘See her when she is free…’ Celebrating Joan Eardley for LGBT+ History Month by Kirsten MacQuarrie #LGBTHM womenshistorynetwork.org/see-her-when... #LGBTQ #LGBTHM25

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🌈 Celebrate LGBTQ+ History Month with us! 🌈 Dive into our collection of blogs exploring the rich and diverse history of LGBTQ+ communities. Check them out here: womenshistorynetwork.org/category/new... #LGBTQHistoryMonth #WomensHistoryNetwork #DiverseHistories

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