Degrees of Separation 27 December, 2022 Lizzie BLeave a comment What role does history play in the gender pay gap for graduates?
Working Girls on Film 5 December, 20225 December, 2022 Lizzie BLeave a comment How did working women fare on the big screen before 1970?
Women against the vote 23 November, 202227 November, 2022 Lizzie BLeave a comment The pro-suffrage movement gets plenty of coverage but a surprising. number of women were anti-suffrage: what is their story?
Oscar Wilde’s bail 29 June, 2022 Lizzie B1 Comment Beatrice Headlam is said to have played a small part in Oscar Wilde making bail. Who was she and whatever happened to her..?
The past is not a foreign country 7 June, 20226 November, 2022 Lizzie BLeave a comment Women have been part of the commercial workforce in Britain for nearly 200 years. Why is their representation in FT-SE 100 leadership roles still so low?
Medals and Monuments 11 November, 202119 June, 2022 Lizzie BLeave a comment How did the First World War affect the lives of working women? And how were their contributions recognised?
Rooms of their own 14 October, 202114 August, 2022 Lizzie BLeave a comment Affordable accommodation is not just a 21st century concern: it was an issue for Victorian women entering the workforce.
Name games 6 May, 202126 August, 2021 Lizzie BLeave a comment Did marriage always mean taking your husband's name? Not for some Victorian women..
The Marriage Bar 27 December, 202014 December, 2022 Lizzie BLeave a comment A century ago, the start of married life meant the end of paid employment. Is Covid going to send women back to the 1920s?
Missing Persons 11 December, 202013 October, 2021 Lizzie BLeave a comment Sometimes it's men who get scrubbed out of the historical picture but more often it's women who are missing