Voices of the Victorian Poor: Our latest episode of #OnTheRecord for The National Archives - this amazing collection contains thousands of letters written by people in poverty between 1834 and 1900 provides an insight into their lives. Listen here: linter.ee/auntnell

Upcoming Application Deadline, 1st May!
The EHS Carnevali Small Research Grants Scheme supports small-scale research initiatives or pilot studies in economic and/or social history. Grants up to £5,000 are available.
More info:
ehs.org.uk/award/carneval…

#twitterstorians ... another #transcription one. Can anyone make sense of the pencilled annotation below? It's a register of baptisms & the 2 entries have a 'x' next to them with this key. I have 'Who is [her?] and [?] woman conferred here' but I am not at all confident! TIA 🙏

New on the blog!

Susana Martínez-Rodríguez explores banking advertisements aimed at women in 1960s Spain.
#womenshistory #businesshistory

Read it here:
womenshistorynetwork.org/marketing-from…

It has been a long time since I have ventured onto this platform, but I am delighted to say that I am co-organising the Women's History Network's annual conference at Royal Holloway for September 5-6th 2024: womenshistorynetwork.org/womens-history… Apply today!

On the podcast | Legal historian Rebecca Jane Probert explores the history of marriage in England and Wales over the last 500 years: spr.ly/6019ZIZCW

Jealous (as always) of Linda Perriton's fabulous research into Glasgow's Valuation Rolls. Such an important source that reveals the presence of so many female business owners who are invisible in trade directories. #EHS2024

Congrats to this year's EHS prize winners:
New Researcher Prize:
Louise Cormack (Lund)
Héctor Paredes (Paris School of Economics)
Iris Wohnsiedler (TCD)

New Researcher Poster Prize:
Kirsty Peacock (Oxford)

Want to know more about women and their history of land ownership? Look no further for an absolute bargain - 40% off! #womenshist #twitterstorians #EHS2024 Prof. Briony McDonagh
Dr Amanda Capern 🇪🇺💙 boydellandbrewer.com/9781783273980/…

It's a gorgeous day in Newcastle for the Economic History Society Annual Conference Northumbria Uni We're looking forward to welcoming new and old friends for 3 fabulous days of #econhist #twitterstorians #EHS2024

Doctoral studentship: Growing up Queer, 1790-1918; Very excited about this project. Student will work with Matt Cook, me, & the wonderful Museum of Home & be nurtured by Oxford Centre for the History of Childhood & WGIQ at Oxford CGIS.history.ox.ac.uk/ahrc-cdp-stude…

Before I am lost to #EHS2024 ...a reminder that there's less than a month until the submissions deadline for the businesshistory special issue 'Examining the Complex Historical Foundations of Social Entrepreneurship'. Details below! #twitterstorians #bizhist

think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues…

Reminder of this opportunity to do a PhD with me and work on early modern emotions and children. I don’t bite (much), am keen on interdisciplinary methods, and good at creating development opportunities for students. #twitterstorians mq.edu.au/research/phd-a…

In a new guest post, Charlotte Smith looks at the records of the court that convicted Edith Swan, of 'Wicked Little Letters' fame, for what else we can glean about women's lives in the 1920s: 'Wicked Little Letters and So Much More' legalhistorymiscellany.com/2024/04/03/wic… via @legalmiscellany

Fantastic new OOC DTP Placement opportunity announced, with Historic Royal Palaces. Visit our website for further details and information on how to apply! oocdtp.web.ox.ac.uk/placement-oppo…

Looking forward to the EHS conference next week! Don't forget to see the Plenary Lecture on 5th April, which will be given by Brian Ward (Northumbria Uni). ‘Heathen Money’: The Beatles, God, and Cold War Economics in the US South'.
ehs.org.uk/conference/

Through bringing together the history of abortion and personal family history Hannah M. Stamler considers how historians might imagine and remember histories of abortions within their own family networks. Read it here 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14…

Risking being added to A LIST to say how excited I am to begin work on this Economic and Social Research Council funded project with Women's Aid Cafcass and The National Archives. I'll be joined later in the year by the wonderful Dr Diane Ranyard. Website, SM handles and blog to follow! #twitterstorians #divorce

A new Economic and Social Research Council-funded project by Jennifer Aston will explore the impact of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1857 and how it paved the way for positive reform to the family law system.

orlo.uk/2pNF2

Applications now open for our 18th Century Studies-Northumbria Fellowship. £4000 available to support a visiting scholar researching the culture, history, and identity of the North East of England and the Scottish Borders in the #18thC . DEADLINE 31 May.

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