May Hobbs was born in Hoxton, East London in 1938. Like many other working class women, by the 1960s she found work as a nightcleaner in the ever-increasing number of high-rise office blocks in central London. Much of this work was organised through contractors, the offices outsourcing their cleaning requirements to the cheapest company who […]
The theme for International Women’s Day this month is ‘Inspire Inclusion’, and it got me thinking a little bit about how important collaboration is to getting things done, and what evidence I have seen of this during my own research. A significant aspect of this would have to be the first female MPs who won […]
During the spring term, students taking Dr Jacqui Turner’s module, “Rebel Girls” were tasked with making their own digital, or physical, scrapbooks. They were required to select a woman who they viewed as a rebel girl, and compile their research and justifications into an informative and creative piece of work. For this year’s Women’s History […]
Over the Summer Vacation last year, we had three undergraduate students working with History colleagues on discreet research projects as part of the UROP programme at Reading. Here, they reflect on what they learned from the experience and share their work. Applications for the next round of UROP projects open in February – keep up […]
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