So excited that ‘Women’s Legal Landmarks in the Interwar Years: Not for Want of Trying’ was published today! Brilliant, esteemed company to be in.l - my two chapters on Nancy Astor and Margret Bondfield - so good to be writing about Bondfield! bloomsbury.com/uk/womens-lega…

Please join us for our Annual Conference! There will be a variety of papers by experienced and new historians and an opportunity to hear about our latest projects. Programme and booking are available on our website: womensarchivewales.org/en/

This weekend sees the return of Notting Hill Carnival to London. Activist and journalist Claudia Jones was involved in its early origins and is often described as "the mother of the Notting Hill Carnival".

Women's Equality Day is celebrated in the United States #OTD to commemorate the 1920 adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment. This stopped the federal government and states from preventing people the right to vote based on their sex. #WomensEqualityDay

New on the blog! Lucy Haigh (Lucy Haigh) explores the life of Queen Alexandra, focusing on themes of queenship, disability, and beauty. Read it here: womenshistorynetwork.org/queen-alexandr…

So happy to have written for Women's History Network! I really enjoyed writing this piece and am excited for people to read it! Queen Alexandra popularised a physical disability in the 19thc and I'm keen to find out more about it. Thank you Dr Lisa Berry-Waite!

One of the highlights of being joint blog editor for the Women's History Network is getting to share people’s fascinating research on women’s history! It was great to work with Lucy Haigh on her Queen Alexandra blog post ✨

Today is the anniversary of the death of prolific author Naomi Jacob. Although her books were widely read during her lifetime they have been somewhat neglected in more recent years. Find out more on the blog. #OTD womenshistorynetwork.org/remembering-na…

Fab #archivemoment. Writing piece about my grandmother Maírín & her time as VP of Irish Fed University Women, 1951-3. UCD Archives records that in Nov 1952 she oversaw screening of equal pay film 'To Be a Woman' in Newman House, Dublin. 135 attended & tea was served. #Afterlives

New on the blog! Laura Maw (Laura Maw) explores working class women writers. Her piece offers a snap shot on her exciting new book 'Ordinary Treasure: Radical Portraits of Working Class Women Writers' which will be published in 2026. womenshistorynetwork.org/radical-portra…

Today is International Day of Charity. Take a read on the blog of ‘Case Studies in Blame: Victorian Physicians, Working-Class Women and Tuberculosis in Scottish Charity Hospitals’ by Amy W. Farnbach. womenshistorynetwork.org/case-studies-i…

A group of women from Wales marched from Cardiff to RAF Greenham in Berkshire in 1981. They were protesting against the British government's decision to site nuclear missiles there. You can find out more here: bl.uk/learning/histc…

Back in person! It's lovely already. Honoured to be both presenting on & chairing a panel today, but kicking off in the audience e for the museums & archives panel!

Which women’s history related books have you recently enjoyed? Share your favourites with us all. #NationalReadABookDay

Brilliant keynote on curation, highlighting the challenges and opportunities it brings.

For National Read a Book Day why not read about ‘Career Novels in the 1950s’, on the blog: womenshistorynetwork.org/womens-history… #NationalReadABookDay