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Molly McCallum
3 days ago17 min read
Mà iri 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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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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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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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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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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Florence James
Nov 3, 202413 min read
Annie Oakley: A Feminine Force in the Masculine World of Sharpshooting
Born towards the tail-end of America’s infamous ‘Wild West’ era, Annie Oakley (1860 - 1929) emerged as a pioneering figure.
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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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Phoebe Holmwood
Aug 25, 20245 min read
Catherine the Great: An Enlightened Despot
Almost three centuries after her birth, Catherine the Great continues to be memorialised and edified in modern media.
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Kathryn Berry
Aug 4, 20246 min read
'Ar'n't I a Woman?': The Life and Activism of Sojourner Truth
Within abolitionist and early feminist history, especially Black feminist history, many recognise a single name: Sojourner Truth.
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Abby Louise Woodman
Jul 28, 20244 min read
The Art of Women
What does my MA dissertation and Katy Hessel’s 2022 The Story of Art Without Men have in common?
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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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Milly Jones
May 5, 20242 min read
Etta Palm d'Aelders, Revolutionary, Spy
Well! What could be more unjust! Our life, our liberty, our fortune are no longer ours.
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Kathryn Berry
Apr 14, 20246 min read
Hazel Scott: Pianist, Protestor, Pioneer
“I’ve always known I was gifted, which is not the easiest thing in the world for a person to know..."
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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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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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Abby Louise Woodman
Feb 4, 202410 min read
Section 28: A Legacy of Censorship
A continually damaging piece of anti-LGBT+ UK legislature was the 1988 passage of Section, or Clause 28.Â
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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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Abby Louise Woodman
Jan 14, 202411 min read
Lilibet and Daisy: Defining Modern Queenship
What does 'queenship' mean in the twenty-first century?
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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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Holly Russell
Nov 26, 20237 min read
The Death of a Teenage Girl: The Oakridge Cranium and Anglo-Saxon Attitudes Towards Women
How Anglo-Saxon treatment of women led to the brutal death of a teenage girl.
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