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Teresa Doherty @dohertyta.bsky.social · Jul 30

You can still REGISTER to join me @womenshistnet.bsky.social Conference 📢

Thurs 4 & Fri 5 Sep 2025

This year 'tis FREE 💰 & online 🖥️

Looking forward to @helenantro.bsky.social @satisfactory20.bsky.social among many others!

A #WomensHistory feast of papers

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The Women’s History Network Annual Conference

Women’s History Network 33rd Annual Conference Online via Zoom Thursday 4 & Friday 5 September 2025 Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums and Personal Collections Reg…

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Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social · Jun 3

You know what the best part of my job is? Being in museums before they open

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Helen Antrobus @helenantro.bsky.social · Jun 3

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Helen Antrobus @helenantro.bsky.social · Jun 3

Intruiged by a graveyard of ships, local hauntings and some marine archaeology? Listen to the latest episode of #BackWhen, the @nationaltrust.org.uk history podcast! www.instagram.com/reel/DKOvBrJ...

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Philippa Vishnyakov @revealmcr.bsky.social · May 11

This week in 1584 Manchester Court Leet banned single women of the town from carrying out their own trades including selling ale or bread, as these activities were ‘to the great hurt of the poor inhabitants having wives and children’. The punishment was a fine or imprisonment.

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National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · May 9

Camogie sportswear has evolved dramatically, reflecting broader changes in women's sportswear and celebrating strides towards equality and functionality.
NMI Curator Siobhán Doyle dives into camogie kits' history and current controversies.
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Illustration of new camogie uniforms suggested by fashion designer Neillí Mulcahy (1969) on display at the GAA: People, Objects & Stories exhibition at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks.
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Maeve Gilroy's tweed camogie dress that she wore playing for Antrim in the 1960s (DT:2023.11) © National Museum of Ireland on display at the GAA: People, Objects & Stories exhibition at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks.
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Helen Antrobus @helenantro.bsky.social · Apr 16

If you're a #scifi fan, this is the Back When episode for you - exploring the history of #HGWells and his family ties to Uppark House. How did the twists and turns of this country house inspire his writings? Tune in!! open.spotify.com/episode/75cs...

H.G. Wells | The Father of Science Fiction

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Helen Antrobus @helenantro.bsky.social · Apr 16

Can't wait to read, congratulations @corinnefowler.bsky.social!

Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · Apr 14

My paperback out 1 May. Heartfelt & compassionate walks through rural Britain and its hidden history of empire.

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Podcast Delivery @podcastdelivery.com · Apr 11

Join historians @helenantro.bsky.social and James Grasby as they unveil the stories behind history's remarkable people, places, and events. From the Great Stink of London to Britain's space race, explore the tales that shaped our past and define our present. From @nationaltrust.bsky.social.

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Helen Antrobus @helenantro.bsky.social · Apr 2

IT'S HERE! #BackWhen has landed on all good podcast platforms! In this episode we go from the @sciencemuseumldn.bsky.social to the High Down testing facilities on the Isle of Wight, tracing the story of the Black Arrow rocket.

Listen, rate, comment, share!

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Black Arrow Rocket | When Britain joined the Space Race

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Helen Antrobus @helenantro.bsky.social · Apr 2

IT'S HERE! #BackWhen has landed on all good podcast platforms! In this episode we go from the @sciencemuseumldn.bsky.social to the High Down testing facilities on the Isle of Wight, tracing the story of the Black Arrow rocket.

Listen, rate, comment, share!

open.spotify.com/episode/5JmA...

Black Arrow Rocket | When Britain joined the Space Race

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Working Class Movement Library @wcmlibrary.bsky.social · Apr 1

We are delighted to be a part of the #GeneralStrike 100 anniversary national partnership with other museums, libraries, archives and groups.

Find out how you can support this partnership here: bit.ly/GeneralStrike100

#GeneralStrike100

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Helen Antrobus @helenantro.bsky.social · Mar 23

Somebody needs to tell the Mail Online that the plot details for Wuthering Heights were unfortunately leaked over 150 years ago

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Helen Antrobus @helenantro.bsky.social · Mar 23

Somebody needs to tell the Mail Online that the plot details for Wuthering Heights were unfortunately leaked over 150 years ago

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Helen Antrobus @helenantro.bsky.social · Mar 18

🎉 80 YEARS OF LOSE HILL

The industrial working classes of Sheffield & Manchester were imperative to the early aquisitions of the National Trust, and GHB Ward - rambler, activist & steelworkers - embodies that story. Follow his journey to Lose Hill:

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Lose Hill 80th Anniversary Walk from Hope | National Trust

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History of Parliament @histparl.bsky.social · Mar 17

#DYK that years before some women were given the franchise in 1918, one woman, Lily Maxwell, actually voted in an election?

Find out how in this article, originally posted on the @victoriancommons.bsky.social website:
#WHM

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‘A woman actually voted!’: Lily Maxwell and the Manchester by-election of November 1867 - The History of Parliament

More than half a century before the partial enfranchisement of women in 1918, Lily Maxwell, a Manchester shopkeeper, cast a parliamentary vote. Dr Kathryn Rix

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Helen Antrobus @helenantro.bsky.social · Mar 17

Last week, People's History Museum invited me to give a tour, selecting my favourite objects on display.

I had to pick the Suffragette's Home poster and, from almost 100 years earlier, Cruikshank's 'Belle Alliance'.

So pertinent to the misogyny and rollback to 'trad-wives' we see today.

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Louvain Rees ⚰️ @hellohistoria.bsky.social · Mar 2

It's #WomensHistoryMonth 🎉

As usual, I'll be sharing ordinary women's stories.

I like writing about these women. They didn't do anything the world would deem spectacular.

They were just everyday people going about their lives. Surviving the way they knew best.

#History

This black-and-white photograph depicts two women walking along a street carrying large wicker baskets. They are dressed in late 19th-century attire, with long skirts and shawls.

The street is lined with terraced houses featuring iron railings, and a gas street lamp is visible in the background.

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Helen Antrobus @helenantro.bsky.social · Mar 14

Happy publication day @kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social!

Kerri's books have inspired so much of my own work, and I cannot wait to read her stunning memoir.

Elliott & Thompson @eandtbooks.bsky.social · Mar 13

Happy publication day to @kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social - her brave and beautiful memoir #Pathfinding is out today!

'Press this book into the hands of any mother and she will see herself on these pages, walker or not.’ @lovereadinguk.bsky.social

#memoir #walking #motherhood #mother #NonFiction

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Helen Antrobus @helenantro.bsky.social · Mar 14

Love this article Jane!

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Helen Antrobus @helenantro.bsky.social · Mar 11

Thank you so much!!

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Helen Antrobus @helenantro.bsky.social · Mar 10

It's here! The trailer for #BackWhen, a new podcast from the @nationaltrust.bsky.social, which I'm presenting with the wonderful James Grasby. Join us as we encounter shipwrecks, satellites, plague and so much more...

Arriving in April!

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Helen Antrobus @helenantro.bsky.social · Mar 10

It's here! The trailer for #BackWhen, a new podcast from the @nationaltrust.bsky.social, which I'm presenting with the wonderful James Grasby. Join us as we encounter shipwrecks, satellites, plague and so much more...

Arriving in April!

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · Mar 10

The 19th-century Gaelic poet & songwriter Màiri Nic a’ Phearsain (Mary MacPherson) – known as Màiri Mhòr nan Òran (Great Mary of the Songs) – was born #OTD, 10 March 1821. Much of her work was political & was especially focused on the struggle for land rights
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Celebrating one of our greatest Gaelic poets: Màiri Mhòr nan Òran

LAST week I said I would be writing about the early years of the Union after 1707 and telling the untold story – never mentioned by the Unionists…

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Jonna Nyman @jknyman.bsky.social · Mar 10

Maternity pay in the UK is an absolute shambles, with statutory maternity pay at around 45% of minimum wage and 3months with no entitlement even to that:

Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · Mar 10

seemingly unpopular opinion given that it’s never been seriously addressed by a government in my lifetime: if you’re on the unpaid portion of maternity leave you should be able to claim universal credit

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