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![Màiri Mhòr nan Òran: The Voice of Highland Land Agitation](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/71361b_03eea60b155940269a188530c8820dba~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_453,h_340,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/71361b_03eea60b155940269a188530c8820dba~mv2.webp)
Molly McCallum
Jan 1217 min read
Màiri Mhòr nan Òran: The Voice of Highland Land Agitation
In the mid-eighteenth century, an Enlightenment-driven push for economic progress and agricultural 'improvement' swept through Scotland.
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![Lee Miller: Model, Surrealist, War Journalist](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/71361b_a702ce657c214aeab74fc01da649e7e2~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_453,h_340,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/71361b_a702ce657c214aeab74fc01da649e7e2~mv2.webp)
Michelle Hassall
Jan 57 min read
Lee Miller: Model, Surrealist, War Journalist
Miller’s most profound work was created during her time as a war journalist and photographer.
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![Girlhood and Christmas: Little Women and expectations of young women in nineteenth-century America](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/71361b_3f3c90d9279a4f98a32a0c545f23a1dd~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_453,h_340,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/71361b_3f3c90d9279a4f98a32a0c545f23a1dd~mv2.webp)
Anouk Saint
Dec 22, 202413 min read
Girlhood and Christmas: Little Women and expectations of young women in nineteenth-century America
How do 19th century girls spend their Christmas morning?
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![What's in a word? Understanding the history of queer](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/71361b_2687cb2ecedb4629beed973c2fd265d3~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_453,h_340,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/71361b_2687cb2ecedb4629beed973c2fd265d3~mv2.webp)
Jillian Ducker
Dec 8, 202413 min read
What's in a word? Understanding the history of queer
Queer became an action, a way of living and doing politics by publicly enacting different social structures and ways of life outside sociall
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![The Mother Behind one of Georgian England's Most Prominent Prime Ministers](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/71361b_d6c5c3ca3f464cad8bbfd286f761b3e9~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_453,h_340,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/71361b_d6c5c3ca3f464cad8bbfd286f761b3e9~mv2.webp)
Erin Fetterly
Dec 1, 202410 min read
The Mother Behind one of Georgian England's Most Prominent Prime Ministers
The institution of British government has almost always been dominated by men.
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![Suffrage Pioneers: New Zealand](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/71361b_995e76e8339f411e9fae322e783334cc~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_453,h_340,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/71361b_995e76e8339f411e9fae322e783334cc~mv2.webp)
Katie Phillips
Sep 1, 20244 min read
Suffrage Pioneers: New Zealand
For many of us in Britain, an Anglo-centric education has positioned Britain and the USA at the forefront of the women’s suffrage movement.
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![A Female Odyssey: Women Translating the Homeric Epics](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/71361b_ce05344256684871a9012c57092095c6~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_453,h_340,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/71361b_ce05344256684871a9012c57092095c6~mv2.webp)
Anouk Saint
Jun 23, 202414 min read
A Female Odyssey: Women Translating the Homeric Epics
If The Iliad was written down in the late eighth or early seventh century BCE, then why did the first translation by a woman take so long?
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![Olivia Guinness: The Woman behind the Irish Dynasty](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/71361b_cb0090e6f9724fccb26fe953f8c1deb1~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_105,h_160,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/71361b_cb0090e6f9724fccb26fe953f8c1deb1~mv2.webp)
Katie Phillips
Mar 29, 20246 min read
Olivia Guinness: The Woman behind the Irish Dynasty
Guinness will always be one of Ireland’s most famous exports, besides Paul Mescal and Riverdance.
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![Roses are red, violets are blue, singular they predates singular you*: the history of non-binary and the use of the pronouns they/them](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/79952c_1bfdfd935a9c433fac8087ac23d3cc29~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_453,h_340,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/79952c_1bfdfd935a9c433fac8087ac23d3cc29~mv2.webp)
Gemma Craven
Mar 7, 202414 min read
Roses are red, violets are blue, singular they predates singular you*: the history of non-binary and the use of the pronouns they/them
DISCLAIMER: The author of this article, Gemma, uses she/her pronouns and the co-author and enby Director of The HERstory Project, Abby,...
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![Can I love rom-coms and still be a feminist?](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/71361b_ece86baa242e4a3081a4a9a7a1a05794~mv2.webp/v1/fill/w_453,h_340,al_c,q_90,enc_auto/71361b_ece86baa242e4a3081a4a9a7a1a05794~mv2.webp)
Isobel Wright
Feb 16, 202410 min read
Can I love rom-coms and still be a feminist?
There must be something special within these films, having cultivated such prolonged popularity, but is it at the expense of feminism?
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![“Why you always rap about bein’ gay?” Queerness at the ends of homo-hop.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/394e5a_7901f3ee6e1c40d19c5f1cc1914318be~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_453,h_340,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/394e5a_7901f3ee6e1c40d19c5f1cc1914318be~mv2.webp)
Michal Emil Delost
Jan 28, 202411 min read
“Why you always rap about bein’ gay?” Queerness at the ends of homo-hop.
It is a common belief that hip-hop as a whole has always been firmly anti-queer. In truth, hip-hop is not a monolithic entity
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![The 2017 Women's March](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/71361b_091fb49f3c85451d99b697d03548a2d5~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_453,h_340,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/71361b_091fb49f3c85451d99b697d03548a2d5~mv2.webp)
Beth Mitchell
Jan 21, 20245 min read
The 2017 Women's March
The start of a new year normally brings feelings of hope and optimism; in 2017, this was not the case.
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![Winners Write History: Or Is It Just Men?
The Memory of… Alice Perrers](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/71361b_e6fe1d47b1944417bc9a07a09c8864ba~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_453,h_291,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/71361b_e6fe1d47b1944417bc9a07a09c8864ba~mv2.webp)
Phoebe Holmwood
Jan 7, 202418 min read
Winners Write History: Or Is It Just Men? The Memory of… Alice Perrers
The phrase ‘winners write history’ helpfully encapsulates how men have treated women throughout history. How is a ‘winner’ defined?
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![My Wife the Auxiliary: An Exploration of Women’s World War One & Two Memorials in Britain.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fdc943_cb5d9f11c37a4789bad81a9df13c0743~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_453,h_340,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/fdc943_cb5d9f11c37a4789bad81a9df13c0743~mv2.webp)
Amy Whatmough
Nov 12, 202312 min read
My Wife the Auxiliary: An Exploration of Women’s World War One & Two Memorials in Britain.
There are lots of important women in global services, however, men still greatly prevail.
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![And Your Point Is?: Remembering Lella Lombardi](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dc8125_8083257727974ed2a10c9459ad971dc5~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_453,h_340,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/dc8125_8083257727974ed2a10c9459ad971dc5~mv2.webp)
Jillian Ducker
Nov 6, 202313 min read
And Your Point Is?: Remembering Lella Lombardi
Where are the women in Formula One?
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Megan Laing
Oct 22, 20236 min read
The 1960s Asylum Setting: Lived by Women, Hijacked by Men
What do Girl, Interrupted, American Horror Story, and the work of Sylvia Plath have in common?
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![Suzanne Césaire: The missing mother of the Negritude movement](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/71361b_812eabc5f8b24be8944421f4fa0c7e1f~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_300,h_326,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/71361b_812eabc5f8b24be8944421f4fa0c7e1f~mv2.webp)
Mayu Sadler
Sep 25, 20236 min read
Suzanne Césaire: The missing mother of the Negritude movement
Is it the eternal plight of women then, to be erased from the textbooks, the movements, from history itself?
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![Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Godmother of Rock-n-Roll](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/71361b_8491194081924091aa74ce93a8c27989~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_453,h_340,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/71361b_8491194081924091aa74ce93a8c27989~mv2.webp)
Ayila Houngbo
Jul 29, 20236 min read
Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Godmother of Rock-n-Roll
Easily one of the most overlooked artists of the 20th century, Sister Rosetta Tharpe paved the way for rock-n-roll artists...
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![Unveiling Her Legacy: Unmasking the Misgendering of Female Remains in Archaeology](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c32308_3445fa958ec2414494bbfdab9f529a26~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_453,h_340,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/c32308_3445fa958ec2414494bbfdab9f529a26~mv2.webp)
Holly Russell
Jul 23, 20237 min read
Unveiling Her Legacy: Unmasking the Misgendering of Female Remains in Archaeology
A look at how the role and power of women is being lost through the misgendering of remains by antiquarians.
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![Philanthropist, artist, saviour: Catharine Dowman](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/71361b_71072504afb84887b1cf3552587892bb~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_453,h_340,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/71361b_71072504afb84887b1cf3552587892bb~mv2.webp)
Abby Louise Woodman
Jul 18, 20234 min read
Philanthropist, artist, saviour: Catharine Dowman
Catharine Dowman probably won’t be a name you’re familiar with, unless you’re an ardent fan of early twentieth-century British Maritime lore
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