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Breaking Barriers: Susie Wolff's Career in Motorsport. Where Are the Women in Formula One?
Motorsport has never been a welcoming space for women. But that never stopped Susie Wolff.

Melissa Shahabi
Oct 64 min read
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Reclaiming the Legacy of Alethia ‘Lethe’ Tanner: A Pioneering Voice in the Fight for Democracy
Given the outcome of the most recent American presidential election, the story of Alethia ‘Lethe’ Tanner (c. 1785–1864) feels particularly necessary to recount and reclaim.
Matilde Impavido
Aug 810 min read
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The Power of the Loving Woman: A Take on Mildred Loving
I believe all Americans.... should have that same freedom to marry.
Alicia Gruenert
Apr 310 min read
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In Conversation with Anya Pearson from Mary Anning Rocks!
From issue #1 of The HERstory Project Journal, Abby talks to Anya Pearson about Mary Anning and advocating for women.

Abby Louise Woodman
Feb 1815 min read
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Mà iri Mhòr nan Òran: The Voice of Highland Land Agitation
In the mid-eighteenth century, an Enlightenment-driven push for economic progress and agricultural 'improvement' swept through Scotland.

Molly McCallum
Jan 1217 min read
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Lee Miller: Model, Surrealist, War Journalist
Miller’s most profound work was created during her time as a war journalist and photographer.

Michelle Hassall
Jan 57 min read
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Girlhood and Christmas: Little Women and expectations of young women in nineteenth-century America
How do 19th century girls spend their Christmas morning?

Anouk Saint
Dec 22, 202413 min read
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What's in a word? Understanding the history of queer
Queer became an action, a way of living and doing politics by publicly enacting different social structures and ways of life outside sociall

Jillian Ducker
Dec 8, 202413 min read
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The Mother Behind one of Georgian England's Most Prominent Prime Ministers
The institution of British government has almost always been dominated by men.

Erin Fetterly
Dec 1, 202410 min read
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Annie Oakley: A Feminine Force in the Masculine World of Sharpshooting
Born towards the tail-end of America’s infamous ‘Wild West’ era, Annie Oakley (1860 - 1929) emerged as a pioneering figure.

Florence James
Nov 3, 202413 min read
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Suffrage Pioneers: New Zealand
For many of us in Britain, an Anglo-centric education has positioned Britain and the USA at the forefront of the women’s suffrage movement.

Katie Phillips
Sep 1, 20244 min read
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Catherine the Great: An Enlightened Despot
Almost three centuries after her birth, Catherine the Great continues to be memorialised and edified in modern media.

Phoebe Holmwood
Aug 25, 20245 min read
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'Ar'n't I a Woman?': The Life and Activism of Sojourner Truth
Within abolitionist and early feminist history, especially Black feminist history, many recognise a single name: Sojourner Truth.

Kathryn Berry
Aug 4, 20246 min read
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The Art of Women
What does my MA dissertation and Katy Hessel’s 2022 The Story of Art Without Men have in common?

Abby Louise Woodman
Jul 28, 20244 min read
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A Female Odyssey: Women Translating the Homeric Epics
If The Iliad was written down in the late eighth or early seventh century BCE, then why did the first translation by a woman take so long?

Anouk Saint
Jun 23, 202414 min read
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Etta Palm d'Aelders, Revolutionary, Spy
Well! What could be more unjust! Our life, our liberty, our fortune are no longer ours.

Milly Jones
May 5, 20242 min read
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Hazel Scott: Pianist, Protestor, Pioneer
“I’ve always known I was gifted, which is not the easiest thing in the world for a person to know..."

Kathryn Berry
Apr 14, 20246 min read
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Olivia Guinness: The Woman behind the Irish Dynasty
Guinness will always be one of Ireland’s most famous exports, besides Paul Mescal and Riverdance.

Katie Phillips
Mar 29, 20246 min read
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Can I love rom-coms and still be a feminist?
There must be something special within these films, having cultivated such prolonged popularity, but is it at the expense of feminism?

Isobel Wright
Feb 16, 202410 min read
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Section 28: A Legacy of Censorship
A continually damaging piece of anti-LGBT+ UK legislature was the 1988 passage of Section, or Clause 28.Â

Abby Louise Woodman
Feb 4, 202410 min read
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