Subscribe
Empire Marketing Board 1927-1933 poster, A Blast Furnace CO 956/260
Subscribe
Tag: women
-
Universal Manhood Suffrage
Thursday 26 April 2018, 14:00 Suffrage 100 – Suffragettes in trousers: male support for women’s suffrage in Britain On 6 February 2018, celebrations w... read more
-
First World War: the women of Buxton Lime Firms
By 1916, steel companies were beginning to complain about the shortage of supplies of limestone being supplied to them by Buxton Lime Firms. The firm said that... read more
-
Domestic duties only? WRNS and the First World War
The Women’s Royal Naval Service (WRNS) was founded in November 1917. The intention was for them to undertake shore-based duties, in order to free up sailors t... read more
-
The Battle of Lincoln
One of the most critical battles in medieval history was fought on Saturday 20 May 1217, 800 years ago…... read more
-
The Women’s Land Army in eight documents
We have a vast collection of documents about the Women’s Land Army, including a wonderful collection of photographs…... read more
-
My Tommy and Hetty’s War: the show must go on
This is the tale of two Londoners, my great grandparents, and their part in the Great War…... read more
-
Striking women: labour unrest among First World War female workers
On 30 September 1916 ‘between 2,000 and 3,000 of the women employees of the Lancaster National Projectile Factory struck work as a protest against the di... read more
-
The Women’s Institute: it’s not all jam and Jerusalem
This year marks the centenary of the Women’s Institute (WI). Formed to encourage country women to get involved in growing and preserving food, the women’s i... read more
-
Equal pay for equal work: female munitions workers in the First World War
In part one of our blog series on female munitions workers, my colleague Vicky detailed how the work of women and girls in Britain’s industry became increasi... read more
-
The First World War’s forgotten women: ANZAC girl
‘I shall never forget the awful climb on hands & feet out of that hole about 5 ft deep greasy clay & blood tho[ugh] I did not then know that it wa... read more
