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
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 …
Rosa Branson, Art, Life and Education
The focus of the book project, entitled Rosa Branson: Art, …
Publications
Suzanne Karpelès: The Width and Thickness of Time
"Suzanne Karpelès: Thinking Through The Width and Thickness of Time” explores questions …
Special Issue: Empires at Home and Empires Overseas
Empires at Home and Empires Overseas is the special issue …
Suzanne Karpelès’ 1931 Encounters in Indochina and Europe: Multiple Femininities, Colonial Relations and Educative Sites
Suzanne Karpelès’ 1931 Encounters in Indochina and Europe: Multiple Femininities, …
Presentations
Overseas Headteachers and St.Swithun’s School: Women Educators in Winchester and Beyond
As chair of the Overseas Committee of the Association of …
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 …
Creating a “League of Educated Women”: Comparative Knowledge, Transnational Flows and Dividing Practices in the International Federation of University Women, 1919-48
The International Federation of University Women (IFUW) founded in 1919 …
Resources
Mary Sumner: Mission, Education and Motherhood
Mary Sumner (1828-1921) was the founder and president of the …
Plain Class Cookery
This notebook from the course of Plain Class Cookery at …
Laundry Work 1898
My copy of The Theory and Practice of Laundry Work …