"feminism" blog posts

Mary Mary, quite contrary: a statue for WollstonecraftSilver statue of a naked female body

Mary Mary, quite contrary: a statue for Wollstonecraft

Dr Myriam Wilks-Heeg gives her view on the contraversial new statue honouring feminist icon, Mary Wollstonecraft.

Posted on: 18 November 2020

Professor Elaine Chalus discusses women and elections in the age of revolutionScreenshot of the University of Kent's Age of Revolution website

Professor Elaine Chalus discusses women and elections in the age of revolution

Professor Elaine Chalus, Head of the Department of History at the University of Liverpool, was recently recorded discussing women and elections with Megan King from the University of Kent’s Age of Revolutions research project.

Posted on: 6 May 2020

Black History Month: reflecting on racialised beauty standardsWoman with afro hair

Black History Month: reflecting on racialised beauty standards

For Black History Month, history student Alaina Heath reflects on racialised beauty standards and representations of Black beauty in the media.

Posted on: 26 October 2018

Why were Suffragettes force-fed in prison?Votes for Women banner

Why were Suffragettes force-fed in prison?

Modern history expert, Dr Sam Caslin, talks about the practise of force-feeding Suffragettes in prison, as we continue to reflect on the centenary of the Representation of the People Act, which allowed (some) women the right to vote in 1918.

Posted on: 27 September 2018

Why did Suffragette Edith Rigby plant a bomb at the Cotton Exchange in Liverpool?Woman in front of a monument

Why did Suffragette Edith Rigby plant a bomb at the Cotton Exchange in Liverpool?

We hear from modern history expert, Dr Sam Caslin about how a Suffragette from Preston shook the foundations of the Cotton Exchange in the heart of Liverpool in 1913. Did campaigns like Edith's help contribute to the passing of the Representation of the People Act, which allowed (some) women the right to vote in 1918?

Posted on: 6 February 2018