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There are so many anniversaries this year, some of them really important. Check out my latest Substack post for a round up, including events taking place to mark them.
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The year of the anniversary
There are a number of big anniversaries this year, with commemorative events across the country.
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January 16, 2026 at 11:28 AM
There are so many anniversaries this year, some of them really important. Check out my latest Substack post for a round up, including events taking place to mark them.
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Wet nurses at the Foundling Hospital were known for their compassion, upholding the highest levels of child welfare. So why does the boy on the right look like he's about to cry? Find out the story behind the photo with my talk @voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social on 5th Feb.
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January 15, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Wet nurses at the Foundling Hospital were known for their compassion, upholding the highest levels of child welfare. So why does the boy on the right look like he's about to cry? Find out the story behind the photo with my talk @voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social on 5th Feb.
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Excited to launch our new pilot project - The Writers Corner - a peer support community for under-represented writers. Join us if you want more time and space to write, get feedback on your work or to develop your craft.
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January 12, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Excited to launch our new pilot project - The Writers Corner - a peer support community for under-represented writers. Join us if you want more time and space to write, get feedback on your work or to develop your craft.
Book here: shareuk.eventbrite.com
Book here: shareuk.eventbrite.com
This week disability chief, Tressa Burke, rejected a King's Honour. My latest Substack looks at the history of rejecting the royal award as a political act. From anti-colonalism, to protesting the appeasement of Trump, these small protests can make a big impact.
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New Year's Honours - REJECTED
Tressa Burke, CEO of Glasgow Disability Alliance, made headlines this week for turning down an MBE. She follows a strong tradition of those who have rejected the royal award.
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January 8, 2026 at 4:35 PM
This week disability chief, Tressa Burke, rejected a King's Honour. My latest Substack looks at the history of rejecting the royal award as a political act. From anti-colonalism, to protesting the appeasement of Trump, these small protests can make a big impact.
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Happy Christmas all you history lovers! We'll see you all for more stories, past and present, in 2026!
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December 23, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Happy Christmas all you history lovers! We'll see you all for more stories, past and present, in 2026!
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Do you know the full story of Jane Fonda and her activism, and how it links to her exercise videos?
Honouring this great woman, who yesterday turned 88 years old.
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Honouring this great woman, who yesterday turned 88 years old.
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Jane Fonda: The politics behind the pelvic tilt
#OTD in 1937, Jane Fonda was born. You probably think you know her story, yet most only know a small part of it.
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December 22, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Do you know the full story of Jane Fonda and her activism, and how it links to her exercise videos?
Honouring this great woman, who yesterday turned 88 years old.
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Honouring this great woman, who yesterday turned 88 years old.
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BEST BOOKS OF 2025
Book lovers! Gift ideas or entertainment for yourself this Christmas. With every purchase, Bookshop donate to independent booksellers, and we get a commission to support our work in promoting women's history. Win-win-win!
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Book lovers! Gift ideas or entertainment for yourself this Christmas. With every purchase, Bookshop donate to independent booksellers, and we get a commission to support our work in promoting women's history. Win-win-win!
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My best books of 2025
The best historical fiction and non-fiction of 2025 ... according to me!
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December 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
BEST BOOKS OF 2025
Book lovers! Gift ideas or entertainment for yourself this Christmas. With every purchase, Bookshop donate to independent booksellers, and we get a commission to support our work in promoting women's history. Win-win-win!
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Book lovers! Gift ideas or entertainment for yourself this Christmas. With every purchase, Bookshop donate to independent booksellers, and we get a commission to support our work in promoting women's history. Win-win-win!
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My piece for London Historians on our latest project - Kitchen Resistance - is out now. Exploring how different waves of migrants to the capital have used food to provide a sense of safety and community during even the most challenging times.
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The History of Food as an Act of Resistance
A guest post by London Historians Member Esther Freeman Over the past year, with a grant from the National Heritage Lottery Fund, I’ve been researching how women have used food for social justice. …
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December 3, 2025 at 10:47 AM
My piece for London Historians on our latest project - Kitchen Resistance - is out now. Exploring how different waves of migrants to the capital have used food to provide a sense of safety and community during even the most challenging times.
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Today is World AIDS Day. I'm thinking about when Noel Gallagher said he hoped Blur "catch AIDS and die". The whole story is covered by @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social
in her brilliant book, Uncommon People. I give my hot-take on it all on my Substack. estherfreeman.substack.com/p/we-shouldn...
in her brilliant book, Uncommon People. I give my hot-take on it all on my Substack. estherfreeman.substack.com/p/we-shouldn...
We shouldn't forget how AIDS destroyed a generation of artists
It's World AIDS Day - an important time to remember all the art and culture we lost because of this devastating virus.
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December 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Today is World AIDS Day. I'm thinking about when Noel Gallagher said he hoped Blur "catch AIDS and die". The whole story is covered by @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social
in her brilliant book, Uncommon People. I give my hot-take on it all on my Substack. estherfreeman.substack.com/p/we-shouldn...
in her brilliant book, Uncommon People. I give my hot-take on it all on my Substack. estherfreeman.substack.com/p/we-shouldn...
My second post for #disabilityhistorymonth looks at Adelaide Knight - the disability activist who wasn't.
Despite her life long health and mobility issues, Adelaide never identified politically as disabled. Discover why in my latest Substack.
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Despite her life long health and mobility issues, Adelaide never identified politically as disabled. Discover why in my latest Substack.
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Adelaide Knight: the disability activist who wasn't
My second post for Disability History Month explores how political identities for disabled people have changed radically over the past 150 years. And not always for the better.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
My second post for #disabilityhistorymonth looks at Adelaide Knight - the disability activist who wasn't.
Despite her life long health and mobility issues, Adelaide never identified politically as disabled. Discover why in my latest Substack.
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Despite her life long health and mobility issues, Adelaide never identified politically as disabled. Discover why in my latest Substack.
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V. sad to hear the news that author, Marina Lewycka died. I loved her books, but was sad none of her obituaries mentioned her activism. Because that is how I know Marina best, interviewing her in 2019 about her role in feminist group, Big Flame. Here's my alternative obituary for her.
Alternative obituary: Marina Lewycka, author and activist
Last weekend Marina Lewycka, author of A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian died. Obituaries in the mainstream media focus on her writing, but she was also a brilliant feminist activist.
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November 21, 2025 at 10:17 AM
V. sad to hear the news that author, Marina Lewycka died. I loved her books, but was sad none of her obituaries mentioned her activism. Because that is how I know Marina best, interviewing her in 2019 about her role in feminist group, Big Flame. Here's my alternative obituary for her.
Disability History Month is here!
Elizabeth Burgwin was possibly the world's first SENCO (Special Educational Needs Coordinator). She pioneered work with disabled children so they could reach their full potential.
Warning! She is a complicated woman!
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Elizabeth Burgwin was possibly the world's first SENCO (Special Educational Needs Coordinator). She pioneered work with disabled children so they could reach their full potential.
Warning! She is a complicated woman!
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Elizabeth Burgwin: the first Special Educational Needs Coordinator
As part of Disability History Month, I'm shining a spotlight on Elizabeth Burgwin, who we could call the first Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO).
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November 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Disability History Month is here!
Elizabeth Burgwin was possibly the world's first SENCO (Special Educational Needs Coordinator). She pioneered work with disabled children so they could reach their full potential.
Warning! She is a complicated woman!
estherfreeman.substack.com/p/elizabeth-...
Elizabeth Burgwin was possibly the world's first SENCO (Special Educational Needs Coordinator). She pioneered work with disabled children so they could reach their full potential.
Warning! She is a complicated woman!
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It was easy for middle class Victorian women to struggle financially. Despite the welfare state, and better career opportunities, unpaid care work stills make women vulnerable.
Read my Substack to discover middle class paupers, Sylvia Pankhurst, Margaret McMillan & Lydia Becker... and me!
Read my Substack to discover middle class paupers, Sylvia Pankhurst, Margaret McMillan & Lydia Becker... and me!
How women become middle class paupers
Women seem to be more vulnerable than men to becoming downwardly mobile. This has been the case throughout history.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:43 AM
It was easy for middle class Victorian women to struggle financially. Despite the welfare state, and better career opportunities, unpaid care work stills make women vulnerable.
Read my Substack to discover middle class paupers, Sylvia Pankhurst, Margaret McMillan & Lydia Becker... and me!
Read my Substack to discover middle class paupers, Sylvia Pankhurst, Margaret McMillan & Lydia Becker... and me!
Reposted by Share UK
New on the blog! Esther Freeman from @share-uk.bsky.social explores the different ways women have used food throughout history, and how we can reframe it as a powerful political tool #womenshistory
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Kitchen Resistance: how women used food to fight back – Esther Freeman
I’d been in the Women’s Library at LSE for hours, going through oral history transcripts in the Women Against Pit Closures collection. I’m not being hyperbolic when I say I felt close to tears. The…
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November 4, 2025 at 9:09 AM
New on the blog! Esther Freeman from @share-uk.bsky.social explores the different ways women have used food throughout history, and how we can reframe it as a powerful political tool #womenshistory
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Happy Halloween! 🧙♀️👻💀 🎃
I enjoy Halloween, but do still need to talk about the persecution of witches. It's far more recent than you'd think.
See my Substack for the Hayfield Witch, how to right past wrongs, and if Elon Musk is the new Witchfinder General?
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I enjoy Halloween, but do still need to talk about the persecution of witches. It's far more recent than you'd think.
See my Substack for the Hayfield Witch, how to right past wrongs, and if Elon Musk is the new Witchfinder General?
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Why we need to keep talking about witch trials
It's Halloween, which means its my annual rant about the persecution of women as witches. And some of it is more recent than you'd think.
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October 31, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Happy Halloween! 🧙♀️👻💀 🎃
I enjoy Halloween, but do still need to talk about the persecution of witches. It's far more recent than you'd think.
See my Substack for the Hayfield Witch, how to right past wrongs, and if Elon Musk is the new Witchfinder General?
open.substack.com/pub/estherfr...
I enjoy Halloween, but do still need to talk about the persecution of witches. It's far more recent than you'd think.
See my Substack for the Hayfield Witch, how to right past wrongs, and if Elon Musk is the new Witchfinder General?
open.substack.com/pub/estherfr...
Rachel @curiouswilds.bsky.social transformed a derelict piece of land, turning it into a forest school. By educating the next generation, she is quietly saving the planet one mud kitchen at a time.
Read about Rachel and her toddler climate activists: estherfreeman.substack.com/p/the-toddle...
Read about Rachel and her toddler climate activists: estherfreeman.substack.com/p/the-toddle...
The toddler climate activists
Time is running out to stop the devastating impacts of climate change. Is the next generation our last remaining hope?
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October 29, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Rachel @curiouswilds.bsky.social transformed a derelict piece of land, turning it into a forest school. By educating the next generation, she is quietly saving the planet one mud kitchen at a time.
Read about Rachel and her toddler climate activists: estherfreeman.substack.com/p/the-toddle...
Read about Rachel and her toddler climate activists: estherfreeman.substack.com/p/the-toddle...
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October 8, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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