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Historian. PhD, M.A. C19 Women and Gender History. Forthcoming book: 'Helen Taylor and her Fight for the People. Education Reformer, Feminist and Pioneer of the Labour Movement.' To be published June 2025 by Pen and Sword

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Janet Smith @janetsmith1831.bsky.social · Jul 1

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Helen Taylor and her Fight for the People

Despite being hailed as 'the foremost woman of her time' in the 1880s, Helen Taylor's legacy has largely been overshadowed, often reduced to her role…

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ncisindiescholars.bsky.social @ncisindiescholars.bsky.social · Aug 17

We’re always happy to announce our members’ successes, so congratulations to Dr Janet Smith (Brighton, UK) on the publication of her monograph Helen Taylor and her Fight for the People.

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Hiddenherstory @hiddenherstory.bsky.social · 18d

Jeannette Rankin (1880‑1973): the first woman elected to U.S. Congress, a principled pacifist & the only congressperson to vote against entering both World Wars. 1971, at age 91, Jeannette Rankin appeared on The Merv Griffin Show & championed electoral reforms. #WomenInHistory
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Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · Sep 30

We are delighted to share the Call for Papers for our Spring Seminar Series 2026:

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Janet Smith @janetsmith1831.bsky.social · Sep 22

Delighted to have just received my contributor copy of the Oxford Handbook of American and British Women Philosophers in the Nineteenth Century. I wrote the chapter on C19 feminism and women's rights

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Hiddenherstory @hiddenherstory.bsky.social · Sep 6

September 6, 1870: Louisa Ann Swain, age 69, cast her 🗳️ballot in Laramie, Wyoming, becoming the first woman in the U.S. to vote in a general election decades before women nationwide won that right
#WomenInHistory #ExtraordinaryWomen

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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · Aug 26

Liverpool University Press is delighted to partner with @jstor.bsky.social on this new initiative, continuing our shared commitment to mission-led scholarly publishing by offering our entire digital catalogue in one place for the first time.

JSTOR @jstor.bsky.social · Aug 21

Publisher Collections: JSTOR’s #nonprofit model simplifying #ebook acquisition and access. Perpetual license to current-year + earlier titles while participating. 20 presses are already onboard!

Learn more: https://bit.ly/472mYQh

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Peter Farrelly @pfarrelly2025.bsky.social · Jul 26

Already received submissions from all over the world for the conference 'opposition to Thatcher' that me and Ciara are facilitating this autumn. Still time to submit abstracts. Please share to anyone who might be interested. Multidisciplinary. @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social @qubhistory.bsky.social

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Victorian Commons @victoriancommons.bsky.social · Jul 22

Died #OnThisDay 1903 Henry Liddell, 2nd Earl of Ravensworth, who was Conservative MP for Northumberland South, 1852-78. He was among the MPs who voted in the minority for John Stuart Mill’s women’s suffrage amendment, 20 May 1867: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2017/05/19/t...

‘The only really important public service I performed’: John Stuart Mill’s women’s suffrage amendment, 20 May 1867

Our MP of the Month is John Stuart Mill (1806-73), who sat as Liberal MP for Westminster, 1865-8. One hundred and fifty years ago this week, the House of Commons voted for the first time on the que…

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Janet Smith @janetsmith1831.bsky.social · Jul 16

It was an enjoyable experience. So happy to be included in this wonderful project. Such an important book.

Janet Smith @janetsmith1831.bsky.social · Jul 16

Delighted to have my chapter on Feminism and Women's Rights included in the just published Oxford Handbook of American and British Women Philosophers in the C19

Lydia Moland @lydiamoland.bsky.social · Jul 15

Weighing in at 827 pages and 2 1/4 inches, our Oxford Handbook of American and British Women Philosophers in the 19th Century is HERE! Huge thanks to @oupphilosophy.bsky.social and our 50+ authors. Restoring women to the philosophical canon is a matter of justice, but it is also better scholarship!

Oxford Handbook of American and British Women Philosophers in the Nineteenth Century cover

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Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · Jul 7

📢 Just announced! The programme & booking is now live for our Annual Conference 2025.

🗓️ Join us online & free on 4–5 Sept for Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums & Personal Collections.

🔗 womenshistorynetwork.org/the-womens-h...
#WHN2025 #WomensHistory #Archives #Heritage

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Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · Jul 2

🗳️ #OTD 2 July 1928: The Equal Franchise Act received royal assent in the UK, granting all women over 21 the vote—regardless of property.

It gave women electoral equality with men, adding 5 million to the roll and making them the majority in the 1929 election. #VotesForWomen #Suffrage #GenderHist

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Women of South London @womenofsouthlondon.bsky.social · Mar 13

2/3 Elected to the London Schools Board to represent Southwark in 1876, she pressed for free education for all. Partly driven by pique, she announced her candidature for MP in North Camberwell in 1885 and campaigned for better laws for women ...

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Helene Harrison MA MSc @tudorblogger.bsky.social · Jun 26

I'm delighted to have again been a guest on The Tudor Chest podcast with Adam Pennington - thank you for having me! A really interesting discussion on perceptions of Anne Boleyn!

Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5bJL...

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The Many Faces of Anne Boleyn with Helene Harrison

Podcast Episode · The Tudor Chest Podcast · 25/06/2025 · 1h 18m

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Janet Smith @janetsmith1831.bsky.social · Jul 1

www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Helen-Taylor...

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Helen Taylor and her Fight for the People

Despite being hailed as 'the foremost woman of her time' in the 1880s, Helen Taylor's legacy has largely been overshadowed, often reduced to her role…

www.pen-and-sword.co.uk

Janet Smith @janetsmith1831.bsky.social · Jun 26

Exciting postal delivery today from @penandswordbooks. My author copies of Helen Taylor and her Fight for the People.

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Department of History, Trinity College Dublin @historytcd.bsky.social · May 13

Recently published by @drdeefoley.bsky.social: how did the housewives of rural Ireland make money? www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

How did the housewives of rural Ireland make money?

Census categories camouflaged the multi-faceted and often profitable nature of many women's work within the home

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Janet Few @janetfew.bsky.social · May 22

This just landed - it was great fun to write www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/A-History-of... @penandswordbooks.bsky.social #FamilyHistory #WomensHistory #SocialHistory #Genealogy

Author holding a copy of A History of Women's Work

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Janet Smith @janetsmith1831.bsky.social · Mar 10

My biography of Helen Taylor is now available for preorder at an introductory price from the publisher #penandsword #womenshistory

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Helen Taylor and her Fight for the People

Despite being hailed as 'the foremost woman of her time' in the 1880s, Helen Taylor's legacy has largely been overshadowed, often reduced to her role…

www.pen-and-sword.co.uk

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Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · Jan 24

📢 Calling all historians and researchers! The Women's History Network is now accepting abstracts for its 33rd Annual Conference, themed "Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums, and Personal Collections."

More info: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-c...

#WomensHistory #GLAM

WHN Annual Conference 2025, Call for Papers

First Call for Papers 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 Pe…

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Janet Smith @janetsmith1831.bsky.social · Feb 27

My chapter 'Feminism and Women's Rights' in The Oxford Handbook of American and British Women Philosophers in the Nineteenth Century is now available online prior to book publication later this year

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Feminism and Women’s Rights in Great Britain and Ireland: Tracking Developments and Debates through the Case of Helen Taylor

AbstractThis chapter charts the changes, continuities, and diversity of nineteenth-century feminism in Britain using the work of the political and social r

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Janet Smith @janetsmith1831.bsky.social · Feb 25

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In bookshops from 30 June.

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