Women
Uncovering the Economic Roots of Slavery: How the Institution Shaped America’s Economy
Slavery played a significant role in shaping America's economy, particularly in the southern states. The institution of slavery provided a...
Uncovering the Impact of Colonialism on Native Displacement: A Historical Perspective
Colonialism refers to the establishment, maintenance, acquisition, and expansion of colonies in one territory by people from another territory. It...
Emotion and Space in the Mid-Victorian Women’s Suffrage Movement – Lucy McCormick
Separate Spheres The doctrine of the ‘separate spheres’ – women’s confinement in the home while men freely roamed the public...
Women and the Wild: women’s presence in the wild outdoors is controlled through myth and practice – Sarah Lonsdale
One of my most vivid memories from childhood, is of my mother reading the Nordic folktale ‘East of the Sun...
Smelter-grade alumina production reaches 2 million tons: Local firm
Intro text we refine our methods of responsive web design, we’ve increasingly focused on measure and its relationship to how...
Resurrecting Dina Dobson: Archaeologist, Educator and Radio Broadcaster – Jan Lewis
During my PhD research on the role of professional archaeologists on BBC radio, one of the first files I accessed...
Taking the Page: Asserting Agency Through Letter Writing in 19th Century Britain
What’s in a letter? For a woman living in England in the nineteenth century with limited access to social freedoms...
Hidden history and vital identity with a First World War servicewoman’s suitcase of memory – Robert MacKinnon and Denby Humphries
Scanning Auntie Emmie’s attic with torchlight, a time-worn leather suitcase caught Susan’s eye. Emmie would regularly retrieve the suitcase from...
Health, Death and Trauma in Middling Sort Women’s Letters during the Eighteenth Century – Isabella Smith
Sources taken from Karen Harvey’s Social Bodes project which contains transcribed letters between c.1680-1820 categorised by state, emotion and body...
The Pre-History of Nursing: An Alternative View – Alannah Tomkins
My first exposure to the history of nursing was the Ladybird book Florence Nightingale, in the ‘Adventure from History’ series....