Jane Robinson
@janerobinson.bsky.social
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Social historian; 13 books include 'Bluestockings', 'Ladies Can't Climb Ladders' & 'Trailblazer' (a biog of Barbara Bodichon). FRHistS, FRGS www.jane-robinson.com
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Much looking forward to my visit @somervillecollege.bsky.social #Oxford on 12 Oct to talk about Victorian #badass #BarbaraBodichon www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...
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#LymeRegis? Fossils, yes; #MaryAnning, yes; #JaneAusten, yes; #ShuteLiteraryFestival YES! I’ll be there on Saturday at 2 to talk about the #Trailblazer #BarbaraBodichon. Do join us if you can.
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New post on my website - rare as hen’s teeth - about what’s happening at the moment: namely, trying to get the first draft of #LunaticWomen finished in time to set up & run this year’s #AlderneyWeek #EscapeRoom. Happy summer, everyone.
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In the new episode of @shewrotetoo.bsky.social I had a fascinating conversation with author @janerobinson.bsky.social about the subject of her latest biography - 19th-century educationalist and women’s rights campaigner Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon.
Trailblazer: Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon
An interview with biographer Jane Robinson about this pioneering 19th-century feminist
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Know why Jean-Francois Millet’s ‘Louise Jumelin’ (Art Gallery of Ontario) is looking so glum? Because she missed the chance to buy ‘Trailblazer’ for an astonishing 99p on Amazon Kindle (April offer)
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Publication Day Today! 💃🥂🎈#Trailblazer’s now available in paperback. Enjoy the company of a remarkable, life-enhancing pioneer. www.penguin.co.uk/books/443503...
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New ‘news’ post on my website www.jane-robinson.com, including the publication date on the paperback below. Take a look over coffee…
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Waiting for me when I got home today: advance copies of my new #Penguin paperback, due out on 20 Feb. It’s a biography of the #WomanArtist and #Activist #BarbaraBodichon. Love the way it looks! #Trailblazer #Feminist #WomenPioneers
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This beautiful painting’s in the Boverie Gallery in Liege. Look carefully. What’s the story? #Women&Books WomenInArt
#ReadingWomen #WalterMacEwen
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Yes!!! Happy new year to you too 😊
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And so the new working year begins. Notebooks? Tick. Candle? Tick. Sugared almonds? Tick. Brain in gear? Well…Good luck, everyone who’s resuming the routine today.
#WomensHistory #WomenWriters #LunaticWomen
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And just for good measure, St Lucy, patron saint of #ophthalmologists, with a nice pair of eyes in a dish.
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Here’s Catherine of Siena with her book in the #Accademia #Venice
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Today’s inscrutable #LearnedWoman with a book, in the #PinocatecaNazionale in #Bologna #WomensHistory #ArtHistory
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I really need to do a book about surprising historical images of women…
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Working in #Siena today. Look at these Sibyls from the floor of the Duomo. #WiseWomen from #Diverse backgrounds WITH BOOKS! I love them.
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Also: If you don't have money to buy my (or anyone's) books, and you live in the anglosphere, before you pirate them, try to get them from your local library instead. They have it or can get it, they pay for the books, and in many places writers get paid for their books being lent. Everyone wins!
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Looking forward to visiting #SomervilleCollege @universityofoxford.bsky.social on Saturday to take part in a #literaryfestival, talking about the incomparable #BarbaraBodichon. Always good to talk #books with booky people!
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My current project is a history of the perception and treatment of 'mad' women, focusing on 5 extraordinary C19th & C20th female reformers. Any pre-1948 stories of madwomen in the family welcomed, to help me contextualise. #lunaticwomen #mentalhealth #medicalhistory #psychiatry #womenpioneers