Recent Blog Posts
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
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
Social Change in the History of British Education
Social Change in the History of British Education (co-edited with …
Thinking Through Sonorities in Histories of Schooling
Thinking Through Sonorities in Histories of Schooling (2017) uses an …
Internationalism, Empire and Peace in The Woman Teacher
Internationalism, Empire and Peace in the Woman Teacher, 1920-1939 points …
Presentations
Working For Displaced Persons and Refugees
Edith Morley was appointed Professor of English Language at Reading University …
Suzanne Karpelès and Multiple Femininities
Encountering Suzanne Karpelès: Multiple Femininities, Buddhism and the French “Civilising …
‘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
St Felix School Southwold: Play Summer 1930
This image comes from an album of photographs and cards …
Mary Sumner: Mission, Education and Motherhood
Mary Sumner (1828-1921) was the founder and president of the …
Laundry Work 1898
My copy of The Theory and Practice of Laundry Work …