Anti-suffragette postcards
In these days on telephone, email, text, Facebook or Twitter, it is salutary to remember that in early 20th-century Britain...
03/07/2013
WOMEN’S HISTORY
Punishment of women
For women there were punishments designed to humiliate as well as to hurt. The scold’s bridle took many appearances but...
01/10/2012
What about Pope Joan?
Sadly, pope Joan – lovely idea though she is – is entirely fictional. According to legend, after the death of...
11/03/2012
Women First
Ninety years ago women were allowed to take up civil posts for the first time. The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act,...
06/10/2011
Native Indian Women in U.S. Army – from American Revolution to Vietnam War
The history of female soldiers in American Army goes far back to the beginning of the creation of new, independant...
18/05/2011