Dr Amy Edwards
@somsproject.bsky.social
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Historian at Uni of Bristol interested in cultures of capitalism, business, and finance. PI on AHRC project: ‘The Secret of My Success’: Women and Self-Employment 1970-2000. Book: https://www.ucpress.edu/books/are-we-rich-yet/hardcover
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The oral history extracts from the SOMS project, make for interesting listening, the quiet determination, juggling of commitments, and often overlooked skills that helped women in the 80's -00's build their own businesses

#UoBresearch
#genderandwork
#UoBlibrary
somsproject.bsky.social
Fascinating visit to the @britishlibrary #archives last week, looking through direct sales articles and adverts from newspapers in the 1970s and 1980s.

#directsalesvintageadverts
#archivalresearch
#uobresearch
#bristisharchives
#womensworkstories
#soms
#vintagepress
somsproject.bsky.social
Filming started this week for the SOMS documentary.

Participants kindly invited us and @blackbarkfilms into their homes to talk about their experiences and inspirational stories of being self-employed women in the 1980s, 90s and 00's.

➡️More updates to follow

#womensworkstories
#genderandwork
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lucydelap.bsky.social
Recording a podcast today with Angela de Souza (Women's Business Club) & @somsproject.bsky.social on disabled women's working lives. I'll be talking about how 'work' spanned paid and unpaid, informal and formal, & included radical commitments to rest & recovery we could learn a lot from today.
A portrait of Martha Lane-Fox a white middle aged woman with swept back hair, wearing a glamorous, off the shoulder dark red wrap dress. Lane-Fox was a wheelchair user whose working life was described in her autobiography and featured both success and harassment
somsproject.bsky.social
Many thanks to @wombizclub.bsky.social for hosting Dr Amy Edwards new podcast series ➡️ 'From Side Hustles to Empires'

The podcast features conversations with expert historians exploring the relationship between gender, work and career in the nineteenth century.

➡️ podcast link in bio

#UoB
E0 Intro From Side Hustles to Empires - Histories of Women’s Working Lives
YouTube video by Women's Business Club
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somsproject.bsky.social
➡️LAUNCH WEEK!!
We launched the first SOMS newsletter this week!
Send us your email address if you would like to sign up to future editions (every few months) and keep up to date with all the SOMS project activities.

#uobprojectresearch
#uobresearch
#AHRCfundedproject
#UoBprojectnewsletter
somsproject.bsky.social
Had a great time at the World Economic History Congress #WEHC in Lund, presenting some research on business franchising, economic precarity, and the aspirations of franchisees.
Great discussions and lots to think about!
#JamesTaylor
#AlexiaYates
#CharlotteNilsso
#Orsihusz
#DavidLarssonHeidenblad
somsproject.bsky.social
Filming has started! We are excited to announce that the mini documentary for the #SOMS project is now underway, with the filming of some oral history participants, talking about their experiences of being self-employed, with the super talented #blackbarkfilms

#womenandfilm
#selfemploymentwomen
somsproject.bsky.social
➡️ Some participant feedback from our workshop last week. A great opportunity to get thoughts on subjects such as 'business and social good' and 'gender, work and enterprise' from such an interdisciplinary group.
#uobresearch
#genderinequalities
#entrepreneurialism
#inclusiveeconomy
#somsproject
somsproject.bsky.social
Workshop time! Looking forward to the next few days of talks, discussions, new ideas and connections...

#uobresearch
#uobworkshop
#ahrc
#ahrcfundedproject
#artsmatter
#somsproject
somsproject.bsky.social
Thank you to the @thebfa.bsky.social for inviting me to this years EWIB (empowering women in business) event. Great to meet so many new BFA contacts and looking forward to potential collaborations, and learning more about the history of franchises.
#historyoffranchises
#businesshistory
#somsproject
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Amy is attending the annual EWIB day today (Empowering Women in Business), a great chance to speak and make new connections with women involved in business and their own franchises from pre 2000 up until the present day.

#womenownedbusinessً
#uobresearch
#SOMSproject
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uobartsmatter.bsky.social
📻 Dr Amy Edwards (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) joins David Dimbleby on BBC Radio 4 #InvisibleHands to discuss the use of advertising to promote Margaret Thatcher's BT privatisation campaign in the 1980s

Listen to the full programme 👉 bit.ly/4dYngsF

@somsproject.bsky.social
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Big thank you to @purposefestbristol and @belmont.estate for hosting a inspirational summer event last week. Wonderful to meet some #bristol #bcorps and hear about some of good work and iniatives happening out there!

#bcorp
#businessforgood
#alternativebusinessstructures
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Great planning meeting with @blackbark.bsky.social films this morning. SOMS documentary shooting starts in July - exciting!

#uobresearch
#selfemployedwomen
#researchdocumentary
#womenandfilm
#womeninfilm
#womenmakingfilm
#womenbehindthecamera
#womeninbusiness
somsproject.bsky.social
Beautiful Japan, refreshed and excited to be back after an inspiring trip.

#travel #inspiration #culture
somsproject.bsky.social
After a interesting podcast? Dr Amy Edwards recently featured on #bbcradio4 the #TheHistoryPodcast.

➡️Episode 3
➡️'Selling The Silver'
➡️Context is from 21 minutes

#uobresearch
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Archives! Fascinating #Avon archival material from the 1970s. A fantastic addition to the #SOMS research project.

@hagleycenter.bsky.social
@uobrishistory.bsky.social
@uobartsmatter.bsky.social
#SOMSproject
@ukri.org
#uobresearch
#archives
somsproject.bsky.social
Read the new blog post by Amy Edwards reflecting on the SOMS project that explores women and self-employment and on working with policy makers.

➡️https://historiansatbristol.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/

@uobrishistory.bsky.social
@policybristol.bsky.social

➡️image courtesy of Hagley Museum and Library
somsproject.bsky.social
Inspiring 5 Year Impact Event yesterday hosted by @WIBcharter. Fantastic opportunity to make new connections within the Bristol women's business network. #inclusiveeconomy #SOMSproject
somsproject.bsky.social
Hello, welcome to The Secret of My Success (SOMS) project.

An AHRC-funded project led by Dr Amy Edwards.

We look forward to connecting and keeping you up to date on our activities:

➡️documentary film
➡️workshops
➡️podcasts
➡️conferences

#univerisityofBristol
#AHRC
#Womeninselfemployment
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jennycrane.bsky.social
Triple book launch for myself, @drsarahlkenny.bsky.social, and @hannahcharnock.bsky.social! Thanks to @lauratisdall.bsky.social for chairing.

Please do join if you're interested in social and cultural approaches to young people's lives and leisure spaces.

12 June, 12-1, tinyurl.com/mryazrew
Book launch poster for book launch with Jenny Crane, new book Gifted Children in Britain and the World, Sarah Kenny, new book Growing up and going out, and Hannah Charnock, new book Teenage intimacies - all in discussion with Laura Tisdall. Date is 12 June, 12-1, via teams https://tinyurl.com/mryazrew
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hlhomeworking.parliament.uk
Don't forget, our call for written submissions on #homebasedworking is still open!

🕰️ You have until 10am on 25 April to send us your views.

Take part here: committees.parliament.uk/committee/77...
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Share your views with @hlhomeworking.parliament.uk by 25 April.

Since the pandemic, working from home has become significantly more common. The committee is considering the challenges and opportunities, including the impact on productivity, the economy and society.
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commonswec.parliament.uk
Our hearings on female entrepreneurship begin on 2 April at 2.20pm, where we'll discuss:

👉 the barriers women starting or growing businesses face
👉 the sectors in which these barriers are greatest
👉 how they can be overcome.

We'll hear from business experts and academics👇
Reposted by Dr Amy Edwards
commonswec.parliament.uk
During our first evidence session looking into female entrepreneurship, Debbie Wosskow OBE, co-chair of Invest in Women Taskforce and entrepreneur, illustrates the barriers women can face in the UK today ⬇️