Recent Blog Posts
Household and Domestic Science: The Personal and The Professional
Winifred Egan’s testimonial in 1961 from the headmistress of Wellington …
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’ …
Projects
Women and Comparative Education, 1800-1980
Amélie Arató’s (1934) study, L’Enseignement secondaries des jeunes filles en …
Alys Russell: A Life in Education and Public Service
Alys Russell (1867-1951): A Life in Education and Public Service …
Educational Cinema, Empire and Internationalism
In 1931 Suzanne Karpelès, founding director of the Royal Library …
Publications
Gender, Colonialism and Education: The Politics of Experience
Gender, Colonialism and Education (co-edited with Jane Martin) examines the ways …
Turns and Twists in Histories of Women’s Education
Turns and Twists in the History of Women’s Education, the …
Women and Education, 1800-1980, with Jane Martin
Women and Education, 1800-1980 examines and celebrates the lives, aims, …
Presentations
Historians and Archivists: Conversations in Common
This keynote lecture aimed to stimulate discussion of the overlapping …
Overseas Headteachers and St.Swithun’s School: Women Educators in Winchester and Beyond
As chair of the Overseas Committee of the Association of …
Suzanne Karpelès and Multiple Femininities
Encountering Suzanne Karpelès: Multiple Femininities, Buddhism and the French “Civilising …
Resources
Plain Class Cookery
This notebook from the course of Plain Class Cookery at …
School Stories, Histories of Education (video)
Watch School Stories, Histories of Education, the inaugural lecture from Professor …
Laundry Work 1898
My copy of The Theory and Practice of Laundry Work …