Women’s History

To help mark the 100th anniversary of the 1918 Representation of the People Act, we brought together past and present blog posts about history collections on the theme of Women’s history in the lead-up to History Day 2018.

• Unveiling Women’s History at the University of Leicester University of Leicester Library (2018)
• Her Books, Her stories: The Bing, Yates, and David Collections at the Warburg Institute Library Warburg Institute Library (2018)
• Margaret Macpherson: allies, music and hysteria at the Royal College of Physicians Royal College of Physicians library and archives (2018)
• The Engineering Institutions’ Librarians’ Committee: spotlight on female members Engineering Institutions’ Librarians’ Committee (2018)
• Feminist Library: 43 years of saving women’s stories Feminist Library (2018)
• Making Collections Available: Margaret Tomlinson Collection at the Historic England Archive: Part 1: Margaret Tomlinson and her work, Part 2: Margaret’s work conserved Historic England Archive & Library (2018)
• The Phillippa Fawcett Collection at the London Mathematical Society The London Mathematical Society (2018)
• Road to Equality: Google and LSE Library celebrate suffrage The Women’s Library, LSE (2018)
• Women in Science at the Dana Research Centre and Library, Science Museum Dana Research Centre and Library, Science Museum (2018)
• Women’s History at the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries (2018)
• The Prospects for Women’s Suffrage City, University of London (2018)
• Women’s suffrage at home and away Bibliography of British and Irish History (2018)
• Lilias Trotter in the SOAS Archives SOAS Archives  (2018)
• Salvation and Suffrage The Salvation Army International Heritage Centre (2018)
• Archiving and Activism is Magic! The Feminist Library (2017)
• Witches and the Stationers’ Company Archive The Stationers’ Company Archive (2017)
• Supernatural at the London Metropolitan Archives London Metropolitan Archives (2017)
• The Ruth First Archive Senate House Library (2016)
• American Educationalists in the UCL IOE’s Special Collections Newsam Library and Archives, UCL Institute of Education (2015)
• Black Georgians: Phillis Wheatley Black Cultural Archives (2015)
• Women’s Art Library and other Special Collections Goldsmiths, University of London Special Collections & Archives (2015)
• Women’s History Resources Queen Mary, University of London Archives (2015)