Tag: Women’s history Records and researchThe Women’s Land Army in eight documentsThursday 24 March 2016We have a vast collection of documents about the Women’s Land Army, including a...Records and researchSurviving the 17th century: the widowed and the fatherlessMonday 14 March 2016Exploring the lives of women widowed in the English Civil Wars and Anglo-Dutch Wars…......Records and researchShakespeare’s daughters and female inheritanceFriday 11 March 2016Legacy was a major concern for Shakespeare - he seems to have had the...Records and researchMy Tommy and Hetty’s War: the show must go onFriday 4 March 2016This is the tale of two Londoners, my great grandparents, and their part in...Behind the scenesLand girls, Spitfire girls and spies: women in warTuesday 1 March 2016I have always been amazed at the courage of women who served in the...Records and research‘To share in his fate’: petitioning to join those transported overseasTuesday 16 February 2016We explore petitions from women who wanted to join their husbands in exile…...Archives and archivistsDiversity in archivesMonday 18 January 2016Are Diverse History months still important or do they confine an already marginalised history...Archives and archivistsWhats on: January-March 2016Wednesday 6 January 2016We are proud to present a brand new programme of events to start off...Records and researchKeeping tabs on suffragettes: the official watchlistMonday 12 October 2015To coincide with the nationwide release of the film Suffragette, the official watchlist containing...Records and researchStriking women: labour unrest among First World War female workersThursday 8 October 2015On 30 September 1916 ‘between 2,000 and 3,000 of the women employees of the Lancaster...Records and researchThe Women’s Institute: it’s not all jam and JerusalemWednesday 23 September 2015This year marks the centenary of the Women’s Institute (WI). Formed to encourage country...Records and researchEqual pay for equal work: female munitions workers in the First World WarThursday 10 September 2015In part one of our blog series on female munitions workers, my colleague Vicky detailed... « 1 … 4 5 6 7 8 »
