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Suffrage Stories/Collecting Suffrage: The Evolution Of The Hunger-Strike Medal
Here we see Emily Wilding Davison, one of the most famous suffragettes, wearing her Hunger Strike Medal c. 1912. Now, well over a century later, these medals are a familiar sight, appearing...
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Mariana Starke: The De-Ciphering Of Mrs Crespigny’s Diary – And What It Reveals
Mrs Mary Crespigny (later Lady Mary de Crespigny), courtesy of Kelmarsh Hall and Art.UK In 2011 I made an enjoyable flying visit to Oxford to spend a few hours in the Bodleian Library reading quickly...
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Suffrage Stories: An English Heritage ‘Blue Plaque’ For The Women’s Freedom...
Photo courtesy of English Heritage On 19 September 2023, together with members of the Feminist Society of Ibstock Place School, I unveiled the 1000th English Heritage Blue Plaque. It commemorates the...
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Mariana Starke: ‘A Tissue of Coincidences’: Lady Mary De Crespigny And...
11 The Beacon, Exmouth, onetime home of Mariana Starke (Photo courtesy of Sylvia Morris and Historic England) As I mentioned in my last ‘Mariana Starke’ post (The De-Ciphering of Mrs Crespigny’s...
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The Garretts And Their Circle: A Talk For International Women’s Day
For the Pascal Theatre Company I am giving a talk on 8 March: Gower Street’s ‘Enterprising Women’:transforming the home, the land, and politics, 1875-1928 The event is free and already fully booked –...
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Mariana Starke and the Demon Duke: your opinion requested
What can anyone truly know of another’s life? Was it only as the author of the leading guidebook to Europe that redoubtable Mariana Starke (1762-1838) was known to those in high places? Might her...
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Suffrage Stories: The Mystery of Nurse Pine’s Medal – Solved
Nurse Pine’s Medal ‘For Duty’ sold at auction on 26 April 2024 Very nearly 8 years ago – on 26 May 2016 – I published a post titled The Mystery of Nurse Pine’s Medal. I knew that Nurse Catherine Pine,...
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Books And Ephemera By And About Women: Catalogue 212
Woman and her Sphere Catalogue 212 See item 95 Elizabeth Crawford 5 Owen’s Row London EC1V 4NP elizabeth.crawford2017@outlook.com This catalogue marks the 40th anniversary of my first, which was...
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A Talk For The Victorian Society On The Work Of Rhoda and Agnes Garrett
On 4 February I will be giving an online talk for the Victorian Society on the work of Rhoda and Agnes Garrett. I wrote at length about their business in Enterprising Women: the Garretts and their...
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Another Blue Plaque for Enterprising Women: Rhoda and Agnes Garrett Commemorated
I am delighted to report that two more of my ‘Enterprising Women’ have just been recognised with an English Heritage Blue Plaque. For the work of Rhoda and Agnes Garrett is now highlighted, this new...
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