This blog is premised on the assumption that the four areas of scholarly analysis below are related but ulitmately distinct.
Feminist History: historical research informed by feminist theory.
Gender History: historical research into gender, typically focusing on the social and/or discursive construction of feminities and masculinities in a particular historical context.
Women’s History: historical research focusing on women’s lives, activities, accomplishments, organisations.
History of Feminism: historical research focusing on feminism as a socio-political movement and as an evolving body of sociopolitical thought.
It borrows this distinction from Judith M. Bennett’s talk given at the IHR Women’s History Seminar on 28/10/2005 entitled “Feminist history, women’s history, gender history”.
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