Appeal – The Suffragettes’ Tree

Between 1909 and 1912, over sixty suffragettes who were recovering from the harsh treatment they had received while imprisoned for their political activism came to stay with the Blathwayt family at Eagle House in Batheaston, Somerset. As committed supporters of the women’s movement, the Blathwayts wanted not only to help the women recover physically, but also to record,…

CfP – Social Science History Association Conference – Boston 11/11

Women, Gender and Sexuality Network; Social Science History Association,Boston 17.11.2011-21.11.2011, Boston Park Plaza Deadline: 15.02.2011 The Social Science History Association (SSHA) will hold its 36th annual conference 17-21 November 2011 at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel and Towers in Boston, Massachusetts. Submissions for the conference will close on 15 February 2011. The SSHA is the leading…

New Issue – Journal of Women’s History

Journal of Women’s History Volume 22, Number 4, Winter 2010 E-ISSN: 1527-2036 Print ISSN: 1042-7961 http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_womens_history/toc/jowh.22.4.html TABLE OF CONTENTS Editors’ Note / Jean Allman, Antionette Burton Politics, Patriotism, and Women in Ireland, Britain and Colonial America, c.1700–1780 / Mary O’Dowd The Rights of a Florida Wife: Slavery, U.S. Expansion, and Married Women’s Property Law / Laurel A. Clark The…