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Category Archives: Women’s history
For a few days in May: Surbiton and the General Strike of 1926
In May, 1926, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) called a General Strike in Britain and, for about nine days (from 3rd-12th May), it appeared to many people that the country’s industrial relations had reached a new low-point. The Armed Forces … Continue reading
Posted in British history, British politics, Gender History, Kingston, Local History, London history, Media history, Public History, Research, Surbiton, Surrey, Uncategorized, Women's history
Tagged British history, history, Kingston, Local History, London history, Public History, Surbiton, Surrey, Women
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Subverting the Subversives: Did MI5 infiltrate the British entertainment industry?
Back in 2018 new claims were put forward that the British domestic Security Service, MI5, was not just involved with monitoring and collecting intelligence on political movements and individuals deemed as potential threats to the state in the post-war period, … Continue reading
Women Against the Female Vote: The anti-Suffragists in Chiswick in South-West London
Back in 2014-2015 I spent some time in the archives investigating a still relatively under-researched aspect of women’s history, the anti-Suffrage groups that had emerged in Edwardian Britain. How did this come about? My general research on British history had … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, British Empire, British history, Gender History, Local History, London history, Media history, Public History, Research, Richmond history, Surrey, Uncategorized, Women's history
Tagged Archives, British history, civic engagement, Local History, London history, Public History, Research, Richmond, teaching, Women
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Amazons against the Nazis: Women’s Home Defence in Wartime Britain
At the height of invasion fears in the summer of 1940, the British government asked for civilian volunteers ‘to go on duty against airborne invasion’ and be ‘entrusted with certain vital duties’ for which a knowledge of firearms would be necessary. Many … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-fascism, Archives, British history, Fascism, Gender History, German History, Historiography, History of war, Local History, London history, Museums, Nazism, Public History, Research, Women's history
Tagged British history, history, Imperial War Museum, Local History, Public History, Research, The National Archives, Women, World War Two
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The dangerous world of Marine Le Pen: a research note
Worrying opinion polls in France in recent months have indicated that Marine Le Pen and her ‘National Rally’ (NR) have become more popular than many of the mainstream French political parties and, indeed, indicate that the NR leader herself has … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-fascism, European History, Extremism, Fascism, French History, Gender History, Media history, Nazism, Public History, Research, Teaching, Uncategorized, Women's history, World History
Tagged European History, Extremism, Fascism, France, French History, history, Holocaust, Public History, World War Two
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Nesta Webster and her ideas: a case study in conspiracy theory
With the seeming surge in conspiracy theories during the recent coronavirus crisis, it is important to be aware of the dangerous history of such views, and understand the claims of some of the ‘classic’ advocates of these paranoid and distorted … Continue reading
Posted in British Empire, British history, Conspiracy theory, European History, Extremism, Fascism, French History, Gender History, German History, Historiography, Media history, Public History, Research, Russian History, Uncategorized, Women's history, World History
Tagged British history, Conspiracy theory, European History, history, Public History, Research, Women, World History
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Mobilising British Housewives in the 1920s: The case of Mrs. Dorothy Peel and the Profiteers
Accusations of ‘profiteering’ by retailers and business traders became a regular and controversial theme on the Home Front in Britain during the Great War, when rationing made it a near daily challenge for many mothers and wives to feed their … Continue reading
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Tagged Archives, British history, civic engagement, First World War, history, Local History, Media history, Public History, Women
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Slaves, Soldiers and Citizens: Celebrating Black History Month in Britain
This month (October, 2023) is Black History Month (BHM) in Britain. BHM is a month of events in October which takes place annually and celebrates the culture, history and achievements of Britain’s African, Asian and Caribbean communities in the country. … Continue reading
Posted in African History, American history, Anti-fascism, Black History, British Empire, British history, British politics, European History, Events, Extremism, Historiography, History of war, Kingston, Kingston University, Local History, London history, Public History, Research, Surrey, Teaching, Women's history, World History
Tagged Black History, Black History Month, British history, civic engagement, history, Kingston, Picton, Public History, teaching, World History
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A ‘Red’ Scare in a leafy London suburb: Fears of Bolshevism in Surbiton in 1920
In October, 1917 (depending upon which version of the calendar one uses) the Bolshevik party under Lenin achieved a dramatic seizure of power in Russia, a coup d’etat which sent a chill of fear across the ruling elites in much of … Continue reading
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Tagged British history, Kingston, Local History, Public History, Russian History, Surbiton, Surrey, World History
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Mobilising women in the 1920s: The case of Mrs. Peel and the British Housewives Association
Accusations of ‘profiteering’ by retailers and business traders became a regular and controversial theme on the Home Front in Britain during the Great War, when rationing made it a near daily challenge for many mothers and housewives to feed their … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, British Empire, British history, British politics, Gender History, Historiography, History of war, Local History, London history, Media history, Public History, Research, Teaching, Uncategorized, Women's history
Tagged Archives, British history, civic engagement, First World War, history, Local History, London history, Media history, Public History, Women
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