Did marriage always mean taking your husband's name? Not for some Victorian women..
Name games
Category: Women in Society
Oscar Wilde’s bail
Beatrice Headlam is said to have played a small part in Oscar Wilde making bail. Who was she and whatever happened to her..?
The Marriage Bar
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
Sometimes it's men who get scrubbed out of the historical picture but more often it's women who are missing
Breaking up is hard to do
Women had to wait until the 1920s to have equal legal rights to exit an unhappy marriage.
Why I’m on Team Rhondda
Hereditary peeresses were not admitted to the House of Lords until 1963. The blame sits with one man.
Call her by her name
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.
