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Medals and Monuments

11 November, 20211 May, 2022 Lizzie BLeave a comment

How did the First World War affect the lives of working women? And how were their contributions recognised?

Posted in Women in SocietyTagged clubs, munitions, networks

Rooms of their own

14 October, 202121 December, 2021 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Affordable accommodation is not just a 21st century concern: it was an issue for Victorian women entering the workforce.

Posted in Women in SocietyTagged clubs, networks

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..

Posted in Women in SocietyTagged married women

Oscar Wilde’s bail

12 February, 202113 October, 2021 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..?

Posted in Hidden stories, Women in SocietyTagged clubs, dnb ghost, F.D. Maurice, networks, Oscar Wilde, rational dress

The Marriage Bar

27 December, 202011 October, 2021 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?

Posted in Women in SocietyTagged discrimination, legal rights, marriage bar, married women

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

Posted in Women in SocietyTagged dnb ghost, missing person

Breaking up is hard to do

23 November, 202013 October, 2021 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Women had to wait until the 1920s to have equal legal rights to exit an unhappy marriage.

Posted in Women in SocietyTagged divorce, legal rights

Why I’m on Team Rhondda

19 November, 202013 October, 2021 Lizzie BLeave a comment

Hereditary peeresses were not admitted to the House of Lords until 1963. The blame sits with one man.

Posted in Women in SocietyTagged legislation

Call her by her name

18 November, 202013 October, 2021 Lizzie BLeave a comment

One reason why women's stories get lost is because they are much more likely than men to change their name during their life. Helen Lenoir is a case in point.

Posted in Women in SocietyTagged Gilbert and Sullivan, Savoy Hotel, Savoy Theatre

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