Search results found for: women Behind the scenesMary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley: extraordinary mother and daughterTuesday 30 January 2018The centenary commemoration of Women’s Suffrage has cast a spotlight of the lives of...Records and researchDeath, the doctor and the detective writerThursday 18 January 2018Recently, while researching documents to use as part of a document display, I chanced...Records and researchLady Jane Grey’s correspondenceTuesday 16 January 2018Lady Jane Grey is perhaps the least known English queen of the sixteenth century...Behind the scenesNew Year reads: The Secret Life of Bletchley ParkMonday 8 January 2018Winston Churchill said in June 1940, ‘We shall fight on the beaches’… and so...Records and researchRosa May Billinghurst: suffragette, campaigner, ‘cripple’Friday 22 December 2017Friday 18 May 2018, 18:30 Suffrage 100 – Archives at night: Law breakers, law...Records and researchThe Beveridge Report and the foundations of the Welfare StateThursday 7 December 2017‘Now, when the war is abolishing landmarks of every kind, is the opportunity for...Records and researchDo you have a suffrage ancestor?Wednesday 6 December 2017On 6 February 1918, the Representation of the People Act received royal assent, enfranchising approximately...Behind the scenesIdeas for your Christmas listMonday 4 December 2017It’s getting closer… Not so close that you need to panic: there’s still plenty...Records and researchMedieval army pensioners: the Poor Knights of WindsorFriday 1 December 2017One of our most interesting collections for the study of military and family history is...Records and researchDomestic duties only? WRNS and the First World WarWednesday 29 November 2017The Women’s Royal Naval Service (WRNS) was founded in November 1917. The intention was...Records and researchSex, Spies and another Scandal: the other Profumo affairTuesday 28 November 2017At the height of the Profumo affair, the greatest British political scandal of the...Archives and archivistsHappy birthday to us!Thursday 23 November 2017Today marks the 40th anniversary of the opening of The National Archives’ building (then the... « 1 … 22 23 24 25 26 … 39 »