Blog posts written as part of the Rights for Women season.
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The Trial of a Trailblazing Woman in Publishing
It is 1877. We are sitting in an open court. On trial is a 29-year old woman. She is charged with having published an ‘obscene libel’ – a re-print of Fruits of Philosophy, a book about contraceptive methods,
first published some 40 years earlier. She defends herself in front of an all-male jury. ...
1 Oct 2018
Mary Wollstonecraft: a revolution in print
Born in Spitalfields in London on 1759, Mary’s family life was turbulent....
10 Sep 2018
Charity begins at home: Helen Bosanquet, the pioneer behind the Charity Organisation Society
Helen Bosanquet neé Dendy (1860-1926) was born in Manchester on 10 February 1860, the fifth child and youngest daughter in a large middle-class family....
5 Sep 2018
The revolutionary summer of 1773: London publishes the first African-American poet
In the summer of 1773, 245 years ago, cultural revolution was in the air in London....
21 Aug 2018
Unlocking the power of youth: Clara Grant and her pioneering educational work in the East End of London
“The hopes of the world rest on young people....
12 Aug 2018
Una Marson: Writer, Activist and the first Black woman broadcaster at the BBC
Whilst Una Marson lived primarily in Jamaica she takes her place in a display of London women for the two relatively short, but densely active, periods of her life that she spent in the city: 1932-1936 and 1938-1946.
Using images of Una Marson found within the Senate House Library modern collections periodicals, this blog seeks to highlight some moments of her London life. ...
6 Aug 2018