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Fighting for The Feminist Library with film

Guest Blogger19 July 2017

The Feminist Library is a treasure trove of feminist history and needs support more than ever, which is why Anaïs Charles made a film about it...

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The F-Word stage blog: July 2016

Lissy Lovett15 July 2016

The F-Word's round-up of what's happening in the world of comedy and theatre in July...

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Ancient herstory

Pooja Kawa31 August 2015

Pooja Kawa previews the first episode in a four-part BBC Two series on the history of women, from the beginning of civilisation to the present day...

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Remembering our foremothers

Laura Wilkinson27 May 2014

Laura Wilkinson speaks to women who participated in the 1984 miners' strike to find out how the industrial dispute changed their lives ...

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The Victorians and the speculum

Kaye Jones18 April 2012

Kaye Jones on the history of the speculum ...

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New feature: Are you writing in permanent marker?

Jess McCabe21 November 2011

What happens when a brilliant feminist blog gets deleted, or an online magazine disappears? The Women's Library is ensuring that as many resources as possible l...

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Are you writing in permanent marker?

Inderbir Bhullar20 November 2011

What happens when a brilliant feminist blog gets deleted, or an online magazine disappears? The Women's Library is ensuring that as many resources as possible leave a more permanent mark through the British Library Web Archive, Inderbir Bhullar explains ...

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New feature: A shocking shade of pink

Jess McCabe13 August 2011

Shocking Pink was a magazine for and by young women, that rejected the adult-oriented feminism of the periodicals of women's liberation in favour of a youth-led...

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Scotland Yard gets first camera to snoop on Suffragettes

Jess McCabe18 July 2011

"In 1912, Scotland Yard detectives bought their first camera, to covertly photograph suffragettes. The pictures were compiled into ID sheets for officers on t...

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Women’s erasure from women’s memorials

Carolyn Dougherty16 June 2011

The only memorial to women's contributions in World War II depicts empty clothing. Carolyn Dougherty considers what this says about the erasure of women from public spaces. With contributions from Alex Wardrop ...

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A feminist pioneer in law: Gwyneth Bebb

Guest Blogger6 June 2011

Last week a new woman appeared in the Oxford Dictionary of Biography, a woman who played an important role in English first-wave feminism. ...

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Call For Music Reviewers

Holly Combe31 May 2011

Do you love music? Do you have plenty to say about it? Do you ever find yourself listening to something and thinking it's just the sort of thing we should be ...

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New feature: The revolution is in you

Jess McCabe4 May 2011

Chloe Stopa-Hunt looks back to the historical figure of Lucile Duplessis from the French Revolution and considers how she has been 'put back' into history by mo...

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The revolution is in you

Chloe Stopa-Hunt4 May 2011

Chloe Stopa-Hunt looks back to the historical figure of Lucile Duplessis from the French Revolution and considers how she has been 'put back' into history by modern writers ...

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New feature: ‘I’m 37 with enough stories for an 80 year old’

Jess McCabe10 March 2011

Ece Temelkuran’s passion for storytelling is clear in the first few minutes of meeting her. But, as a Turkish woman, some stories are dangerous for her to...

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‘I’m 37 with enough stories for an 80 year old’

Mary Pole10 March 2011

Ece Temelkuran's passion for storytelling is clear in the first few minutes of meeting her. But, as a Turkish woman, some stories are dangerous for her to tell. Mary Pole reports ...

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Happy 100th International Women’s Day

Jess McCabe8 March 2011

Today is the 100th International Women's Day - so much has been achieved since it was launched by German women's rights campaigner and socialist Clara Zetkin...

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His & Hers

Katherine Wootton3 March 2011

Interviews with 70 women tell the life story of white, Irish, heterosexual women, through their relationships with men. Katherine Wootton has more ...

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