THEME Social reform and change
New Zealand leads the way with Women’s Vote 1893
Did New Zealand lead the way in women’s rights and suffrage?
Read MoreChildren and Education
Children and Education life wasnt great for children in the 18th and 19th Centuries, reform was slow coming, welfare was only just emerging, young adults and cheap labour, what was it like for your family and what were the opportunities presented by education, was it good bad or the best that could be expected what happened in the 20th and 21st centuries to change the poor outlook for children that had previously pervaded?
Read MoreAll Saints Church East Meon
Do you have a family history connection to East Meon in Hampshire? If so, then the church of All Saints, sitting on a rise above the village with Park Hill rising behind it, is as good a place as any to start. Find out what your family connection might be to this beautiful Hampshire village.
Read MoreThe Work of Emily Hobhouse
Emily Hobhouse, welfare campaigner was loved by the South Africans for the compassion and aid given to their women and children in British prisoner of war camps during the Boer War and vilified by her own people because of that work
Read MoreRights of Women to Play Football 1894 – 1921
Women and football? Oh yes and when they were good they were very very good……
Read MoreLady Florence Dixie journalist and feminist 1856
Lady Florence Dixie was an insightful and inspiring writer, journalist and liberal thinker. She championed equality for women and was outspoken in her support for Irish Home Rule.
Read MoreWomen’s Auxillary Army Cap Badge 1917
Women’s Auxillary Cap Badge 1917, gives an opportunity to examine the role of women in WWI. Your family history and family tree will contain women, whose role in WWI was so much more than can be imagined.
Read MoreRemember the smell of carbolic in schools?
Joseph Lister discovered that carbolic was an effective antiseptic. The smell of carbolic has been with us ever since
Read MoreEarly Education in the UK
The role of church and state in early education in the UK
Read MoreEducation Acts of 1870, 1873, 1876, tough on poor families?
The affect of the Education Acts on poor families and the shape of social reform and development in the 19th century and beyond.
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