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Empire, Internationalism and Peace in The Woman Teacher
Editorials, articles, and conference accounts in the Woman Teacher illustrate the …
The Girl At The Piano
Sitting at the piano accompanying the choir at my girls’ …
Household and Domestic Science: The Personal and The Professional
Winifred Egan’s testimonial in 1961 from the headmistress of Wellington …
Projects
Rosa Branson, Art, Life and Education
The focus of the book project, entitled Rosa Branson: Art, …
Women and Comparative Education, 1800-1980
Amélie Arató’s (1934) study, L’Enseignement secondaries des jeunes filles en …
Educational Cinema, Empire and Internationalism
In 1931 Suzanne Karpelès, founding director of the Royal Library …
Publications
Review: Education, Identity and Women Religious, 1800-1950
Education, Identity and Women Religious, 1800-1950: Convents, Classrooms and Colleges edited …
Internationalism religious et activism éducatif: les femmes du Bureau International Baha’i, à Genéve et ailleurs
This chapter (in French) in L’internationalismes éducatif entre débats et combats …
Gender, Colonialism and Education: The Politics of Experience
Gender, Colonialism and Education (co-edited with Jane Martin) examines the ways …
Presentations
Creating a “League of Educated Women”: Comparative Knowledge, Transnational Flows and Dividing Practices in the International Federation of University Women, 1919-48
The International Federation of University Women (IFUW) founded in 1919 …
Overseas Headteachers and St.Swithun’s School: Women Educators in Winchester and Beyond
As chair of the Overseas Committee of the Association of …
International Women’s Organisations and the Politics of Knowledge: Organisational Positioning and Encounters across an “East/West” Divide
The paper problematises mechanisms of internationalism through which knowledge was …
Resources
Mary Sumner: Mission, Education and Motherhood
Mary Sumner (1828-1921) was the founder and president of the …
Digital Archive – Prior’s Field School
The searchable online archive of Prior’s Field School, founded by …
Laundry Work 1898
My copy of The Theory and Practice of Laundry Work …