Tag: Gender history Records and researchArchives and agency: Sex work and the stateWednesday 22 July 2020Within the records of government, sex workers lack agency. As with most of our...Records and researchReclaiming the records: Sex work and the stateThursday 16 July 2020The state has had a long, complex and largely negative relationship with sex workers...Records and research‘Peace to millions of women’: A history of the cervical smear testMonday 15 June 2020This blog, published as part of Cervical Screening Awareness Week (15-21 June 2020), looks...Records and researchDr James Barry: The importance of archival discoveriesTuesday 5 May 2020Finding documents in the archives that relate to trans or gender non-conforming people from...Records and researchOut of the Archives: Classified adverts at the Royal Vauxhall TavernWednesday 12 February 2020On the 23rd November 2019, The National Archives and Bishopsgate Institute took over the Royal...Records and researchNancy Astor: 100 years of women in ParliamentTuesday 14 January 20202019 marked the centenary of Nancy Astor’s entry into Parliament, leaving a fascinating legacy...Records and research‘Bohemian, broad-minded, unconventional.’ What was it like to be queer in the 1920s?Thursday 14 November 2019In the 1920s, an era when the law criminalised your love, how was it...Records and researchGentleman Jack: Anne Lister – the first modern lesbian?Tuesday 9 July 2019The hugely successful and widely praised TV series Gentleman Jack is a period drama set...Records and researchLGBTQ+ history: the red rose of Colonel BarkerMonday 25 February 2019Stories of women ‘masquerading’ or cross-dressing in men’s clothing were widely reported by the...Records and researchThe ‘Victory’ election: the 1918 General ElectionFriday 14 December 2018At The National Archives we have been proud to put women at the centre...Records and researchThe 1913 Suffrage Pilgrimage: peaceful protest and local disorderThursday 15 November 2018On 26 July 1913 – in a year more often associated with Suffragette militancy and the...Archives and archivistsWhat’s new in UK archives?Wednesday 11 July 2018Whether it be a gigabyte of data, a single file or 230 boxes of... 1 2 »
