Recent Blog Posts
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 …
Empire, Internationalism and Peace in The Woman Teacher
Editorials, articles, and conference accounts in the Woman Teacher illustrate the …
Projects
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 …
Alys Russell: A Life in Education and Public Service
Alys Russell (1867-1951): A Life in Education and Public Service …
Publications
Special Issue: Empires at Home and Empires Overseas
Empires at Home and Empires Overseas is the special issue …
Women and Education, 1800-1980, with Jane Martin
Women and Education, 1800-1980 examines and celebrates the lives, aims, …
Exploring the Sybil Campbell Collection
Vivyenne Rubinstein’s lecture about the establishment of the Sybil Campbell …
Presentations
Overseas Headteachers and St.Swithun’s School: Women Educators in Winchester and Beyond
As chair of the Overseas Committee of the Association of …
Rosa Branson (b 1933), Becoming an Artist: Biography, Memory, Place and Space
This paper discusses Rosa Branson’s quest to become an artist. …
Visualising from “Above” Or From the Margins? Defining the “University Woman” and Internationalising Knowledge: Types of University Training (IFUW, 1934)
This paper traces the social processes and social categories codified …
Resources
Laundry Work 1898
My copy of The Theory and Practice of Laundry Work …
Digital Archive – Prior’s Field School
The searchable online archive of Prior’s Field School, founded by …
St Felix School Southwold: Play Summer 1930
This image comes from an album of photographs and cards …