Search results found for: women Behind the scenesThe 1920s and all that jazzWednesday 2 February 2022Britain had been affected profoundly by the First World War, both socially and economically,...Records and researchNeuengamme: ‘Among the worst of the concentration camps in Germany’Thursday 27 January 2022Warning: This blog post contains potentially distressing text and images. You may not have...Records and researchFragmented lives: Migrant sex workers’ lives in the archivesTuesday 11 January 2022As a state archive, The National Archives holds many items relating to the experiences...Records and researchThat’s a wrap! Celebrating a six-month collaboration with government film archivesWednesday 29 December 2021Ten years ago on 31 December 2011 the Central Office of Information (COI) declared...Records and researchJust a pill: 60 years of the contraceptive pill on the NHSSaturday 4 December 2021On 20 January 1961 Searle & Co wrote to the Chief Medical Officer of...Records and researchPessaries to French letters: Contraceptives before the pillWednesday 1 December 2021On 4 December 1961, the contraceptive pill was introduced on the NHS in the...Archives and archivistsRewarding gallantry on the Home Front: Civilian honours in the Second World WarThursday 25 November 2021To coincide with Catalogue Week at The National Archives, I would like to share...Records and researchConnecting the enslaved at Cape Coast Castle to Royal Navy Captains’ letters 1793-1815Wednesday 24 November 2021I started volunteering at The National Archives in September 2018 as part of an...Records and research‘No recommendation’: The experience of RIC veterans with the Irish Grants CommitteeMonday 1 November 2021In the aftermath of the Anglo-Irish War (1919-21) the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) force...Archives and archivistsHow Findmypast is helping us provide access to the 1921 CensusWednesday 27 October 2021The announcement that the 1921 Census will be available online from next January will...Records and researchHome truths: Improving community relations by funding trips to Commonwealth countriesFriday 22 October 2021In 1969 the Central Office of Information (COI) made a film about a scheme...Records and researchCataloguing and analysing 19th-century artworkThursday 21 October 2021The National Archives holds an incredible collection of artwork submitted to the Stationers’ Company... « 1 … 11 12 13 14 15 … 39 »