Excited to announce that I’m co-organising my first (non PG) conference with Chloe Challender! Do please take a look and share! #twitterstorians

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Have you started Christmas shopping? Maybe this Eaton's department store Christmas catalogue from 1903 might inspire you 🌟🎄 #WomensHistory #GenderHistory

The 1918 General Election #OTD saw 17 women across the political spectrum stand for Parliament for the first time, 15 of whom had backgrounds in the women’s suffrage movement. Learn about Constance Markievicz and the 1918 General Election: blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/constance-mark… #WomensHistory

Jane Austen, the famed English writer, was born #OTD in 1775. Her social commentary and wit have left a lasting legacy. Read about her on the blog: womenshistorynetwork.org/jane-austen-wa… #GenderHist #WomensHistory

Does anyone else have history themed Christmas decorations? 🎄 Merry Christmas to all who celebrate

On the 28 December 1918 #OTD Constance Markievicz became the first woman elected to the UK House of Commons. As an Irish Nationalist, along with 72 fellow Sinn Féin MPs, she refused to take her seat. blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/constance-mark…

The latest Cabinet Office and Prime Minister's Office files including Downing Street visitor books are available from today.

New on the blog! Deborah Weiss shares how an undergraduate class she taught on 'Jane Austen and the Injured Body' inspired her new book 'Women and Madness in the Early Romantic Novel: Injured Minds, Ruined Lives' published by Manchester University Press GothicMUP womenshistorynetwork.org/women-and-madn…

📢 Calling all historians and researchers! The Women's History Network is now accepting abstracts for its 33rd Annual Conference, themed "Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums, and Personal Collections." Details: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-con… #WomensHistory

A great day out visiting The Tower of London with some of the HistoryExtra ‘30 under 30’ historians - thanks AlfredRJHawkins for a brilliant behind the scenes tour!

#OTD 6 February 1918 the Representation of the People Act received Royal Assent. Read about suffragette Emily Wilding Davison on the blog by Tara Morton. womenshistorynetwork.org/still-makes-my… #GenderHist #WomensHistory #Suffrage

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Great to part of this #WomensHistoryMonth episode on the The National Archives podcast, On the Record, talking about the Metropolitan Police Women Patrols. Especially with my wonderful former colleagues Vicky Iglikowski-Broad 💙, Kathryn Maude, and Dr. Jessamy Carlson!

A brilliant evening at the Speaker’s House #WomensHistoryMonth event last week! Great to talk to guests about Jean Winder (the first female permanent Hansard reporter) and showcase a photograph of Jean with her colleagues in 1947 from the Parliamentary Art Collection.

We’ve launched our new look LSE Digital Library! Take a look digital.library.lse.ac.uk

Loved recording this episode with Mari Takayanagi! Learnt so much from Mari and always a fun chat! 😃

Fab day University of Warwick for the ‘Lived Experiences of the Westminster Parliament in History’ conference organised Chloe Challender & Brendan Tam Great to talk about women MPs & parliamentary space (e.g. Lady Members’ Rooms), and be on a panel with Mari Takayanagi & Emma Peplow

Thrilled to be a guest on The National Archives podcast exploring the lives of working women in history with Vicky Iglikowski-Broad 💙, Dr. Jessamy Carlson, and Kathryn Maude 🎧 I shared my research on the experiences of the Metropolitan Police Women Patrols #WomensHistoryMonth media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/work…

As we come to the end of #WomensHistoryMonth, I wanted to share my new intro piece on #womenssuffrage for English Heritage! It looks at the individuals & organisations involved, the impact of WW1 & the legislative reforms of 1918 and 1928 english-heritage.org.uk/learn/historie…