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
Household and Domestic Science: Entangling the Personal and the Professional
This article focuses on how a BSc (Household and Social …
Girls Secondary Education in the Western World
Girls' Secondary Education in the Western World: From the 18th …
Suzanne Karpelès: The Width and Thickness of Time
"Suzanne Karpelès: Thinking Through The Width and Thickness of Time” explores questions …
Presentations
Suzanne Karpelès and Multiple Femininities
Encountering Suzanne Karpelès: Multiple Femininities, Buddhism and the French “Civilising …
Working For Displaced Persons and Refugees
Edith Morley was appointed Professor of English Language at Reading University …
‘Though We Have the Vote We Still Have to Fight Every Point of Equal Opportunity and Equal Status’:
Alys Russell, Suffrage Campaigning and Work for Graduate Women, 1888-1930. …
Resources
Laundry Work 1898
My copy of The Theory and Practice of Laundry Work …
Plain Class Cookery
This notebook from the course of Plain Class Cookery at …
Mary Sumner: Mission, Education and Motherhood
Mary Sumner (1828-1921) was the founder and president of the …