Activism, Influence and Change
A new blog launched by the LSE in association with the Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa. The new research blog aims to build a network for academics and activists interested in changing the world. It will also explore research relating to all aspects of citizen, grassroots or local-led activism. Topics covered include social movement leadership.
Women in Sport Research and Innovation Hub launched
Headed by Loughborough University the Women in Sport hub aims to cover health, sociology and sports science. The site will provide access to the latest research, events notices and guidance.
Kickass women of History podcast
A podcast which aims to share stories of inspiring women in the past. The website states that it intends to focus particularly on stories of women not usually represented in the media, including women of colour, women with disabilities, working class and LGBTQIA women. Organised by Emma Cook and Amy Cotterill. Available via major podcast sites. […]
Women’s history
Europeana has themed galleries relating to women’s history month. These highlight resources (text, images and online essays) relating to women’s history taken from Europe’s leading national libraries and museums. They are very good at highlighting resources from outside the UK.
Works of Christine de Pizan
“As one of the first and most prolific women of letters [Christine de Pizan] is often viewed as one of the pivotal writers of late medieval Europe. Her works reflect on important and varied socio-political, theological, cultural, feminist, and educational issues of her time. She wrote poetry, was commissioned to write the king’s biography and penned a […]
Voices Through Time – Coram
Coram was founded in 1739 as the Foundling Hospital and supports children in care. It is working on projects to digitise its archives while asking current children and care leavers to respond to the archive in creative ways using the assistance of professional artists. Through this, it aims to bring to life stories of care […]
Women in Diplomacy
A London School of Economics and Political Science project which aims to discuss the under-representation of women worldwide in senior diplomatic positions. Its website has podcasts of conversations with leading women, plus research reports on the topic.
Russell Lee coal mining exhibits
From the US National archives historic photographs of working lives in the USA. The 1946 coal mining survey gave Americans new insight to the conditions that miners and their families lived in. They also include images related to segregation.
Vogue Digital Archive
In collaboration with Google Arts & Culture the Vogue Digital Archive will contain over 15,000 images from 30 years of Vogue. It includes photos, image covers and searchable online exhibitions covering brands, types of fashion and some articles. Note it is not a full text article archive of the magazine.
American women making history and culture
The American Women Making History and Culture, 1963-1982 (“American Women”) collection on the internet archive includes Pacifica Radio Archives’ holdings from the five Pacifica radio stations (KPFA- Berkeley, CA; KPFK- Los Angeles, CA; WBAI- New York, NY; WPFW- Washington, DC; and KPFT- Houston, TX). They mainly relate to second wave feminism from 1960s-1980s and have fascinating interviews […]
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