Tag: Women’s history Records and researchConstance Markievicz and the 1918 General ElectionWednesday 14 December 2022The 1918 General Election saw 17 women across the political spectrum stand for Parliament...Records and researchLady Lisle: Reluctant rebel?Tuesday 6 December 2022Among The National Archives’ vast collections can be found the rather overlooked and somewhat...Records and researchWomen, Parliament and Political SpaceMonday 21 November 2022How did women’s admission to the House of Commons impact the masculine structure of...Records and researchLady Hester Stanhope: Queen of the DesertMonday 26 September 2022Lady Hester Stanhope was born in 1776. She was the niece of William Pitt...Records and research‘Our women on the land’: Women’s Land Army index cards go onlineThursday 22 September 2022The Women’s Land Army (WLA) was established to support the war effort from the...Records and researchTracing the experiences of the Metropolitan Police Women PatrolsFriday 27 May 2022Reflecting on her time in the Metropolitan Police Women Patrols, Superintendent Sofia Stanley declared...Records and research‘Experimental in every sense’: The Metropolitan Police Women PatrolsThursday 28 April 2022The records of the Metropolitan Police and Home Office, held at The National Archives,...Records and researchMirabel Topham, saviour of the Grand NationalFriday 8 April 2022The Grand National has always had a difficult history. In the three decades after...Records and researchLepers of Maiden Bradley: Tracing the lives of women in medieval leper hospitalsTuesday 29 March 2022The leper hospital of Maiden Bradley was founded prior to 1164 by Manasser Biset,...Records and researchHannah More: A woman of lettersMonday 28 March 2022Hannah More (1745-1833) used her pen and her literary talents to promote four main...Records and researchJeannie Cameron and the case of the three JennysWednesday 16 March 2022To coincide with March’s Women’s History Month, I highlight records associated with a somewhat...Records and researchWomen in the Second World War: The sinking of SS Khedive IsmailTuesday 15 March 2022On the afternoon of 12 February 1944, travelling in a convoy from Mombasa to... « 1 2 3 4 … 8 »