Tag: Women’s history Records and researchWomen in the Second World War: The Palestinian Auxiliary Territorial ServiceWednesday 26 January 2022As the women’s branch of the British Army during the Second World War, the...Records and researchConstance Markievicz: 1916 and beyondWednesday 7 April 2021In my previous post, Constance Markievicz: The making of a rebel Countess, I explored...Records and researchConstance Markievicz: The making of a rebel CountessFriday 2 April 2021Did you know that Nancy Astor (1879-1964) was not the first woman elected to...Records and researchThe suffrage ‘choose your own adventure’ thread: Fact or fiction?Tuesday 23 March 2021Inspired by the recent ‘choose your own adventure’ threads of other organisations, we set...Records and researchThe Archivists’ Guide to Film: SuffragetteWednesday 3 March 2021The Archivists’ Guide to Film is a blog series in which staff at The...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 researchThe birds and the bees: Sex education in the early 20th centuryThursday 11 June 2020In 1914 a very concerned father sent a letter to the school teaching his...Records and research‘No vote, no census’: The 1911 suffrage census protestsThursday 2 April 2020On the night of 2 April 1911 census enumerators were collecting the details of...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 research100 years of women in the professions: The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919Monday 23 December 2019Last year we celebrated the centenary of the 1918 Representation of the People Act,... « 1 2 3 4 5 … 8 »
