Recent Blog Posts
The Girl At The Piano
Sitting at the piano accompanying the choir at my girls’ …
Empire, Internationalism and Peace in The Woman Teacher
Editorials, articles, and conference accounts in the Woman Teacher illustrate the …
Household and Domestic Science: The Personal and The Professional
Winifred Egan’s testimonial in 1961 from the headmistress of Wellington …
Projects
Educational Cinema, Empire and Internationalism
In 1931 Suzanne Karpelès, founding director of the Royal Library …
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 …
Publications
Household and Domestic Science: Entangling the Personal and the Professional
This article focuses on how a BSc (Household and Social …
Internationalism, Empire and Peace in The Woman Teacher
Internationalism, Empire and Peace in the Woman Teacher, 1920-1939 points …
Thinking Through Sonorities in Histories of Schooling
Thinking Through Sonorities in Histories of Schooling (2017) uses an …
Presentations
Working For Displaced Persons and Refugees
Edith Morley was appointed Professor of English Language at Reading University …
Suzanne Karpelès: Entangling the Human and the Non-human
Suzanne Karpelès (1890-1969): Entangling the Human and the Non-human in …
‘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 …
Bahá’ís and Modern Education in Iran
As part of ongoing work for the project, Educational Cinematography, …
St Felix School Southwold: Play Summer 1930
This image comes from an album of photographs and cards …