Lovely to be back at the Queen’s House, Royal Museums Greenwich, to start my Caird Research Fellowship! I’ll be working on my project, ‘Navigating Welfare: Greenwich Hospital School and state-led childcare and welfare, 1806–1840’. #ecr #skystorians #19thcentury #royalnavy #welfarehistory

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Naval Seamen’s Women in Nineteenth-Century Britain, by Melanie Holihead Melanie Holihead’s innovatively researched book has succeeded in her task of ‘bringing up vanished lives’ of women ‘of lower deck seamen’ from the depths o

Carrie Long @carrielong.bsky.social reviews 'Naval Seamen’s Women in Nineteenth-Century Britain', by Melanie Holihead @mmr-holihead.bsky.social

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Funny research find of the day - Lost property: “An Ostrich’s Egg”. What a bizarre object to bring the 1845 Free Trade Bazaar.

Today I got to present my research on c.19th reformers for the Inclusive Histories Project at one of the most historically fascinating venues, The House of Lords! It was great to be part of exciting discussions on how the project can make a practical impact to support teachers & museums.

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Royal Holloway launches £1.5 million project to chart struggle for rights and representation from Magna Carta to present day Royal Holloway has launched a £1.5 million project to support teachers with more inclusive UK political history resources.

Very excited to share that I’m starting my new job as a Research Associate on the ‘Inclusive Histories’ project. I’ll be working closely with @bishopsgateinst.bsky.social and The London Archives to uncover new and diverse sources on c.19th radical protest and reform for schools.

More details here:

More than ever, history and historians need a collaborative and co-ordinated approach 26th February 2025

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Delighted to be a RHS fellow again and this time as an Associate Fellow #ecr

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We are very pleased to learn that the UK Ministry of Justice has dropped a proposal, made by the previous govt, to destroy print copies of post-1858 wills following their digitisation: bit.ly/3WaXud8

This follows submissions from 100s of historians, and others, opposing the proposal. #Skystorians

Lone women and the Royal Navy The Caird Library & Archive’s new display case highlights first-hand accounts of women’s experiences and contributions to the nineteenth-century Royal Navy

Thank you for the follow! My most recent postdoctoral research focuses on Greenwich Hospital School to explore a family history of the Royal Navy. This research builds on my PhD on 19th century lone women which I have also curated an exhibition on: www.rmg.co.uk/stories/blog...

Deserted Wives and Economic Divorce in 19th-Century England and Wales This book considers Section 21 of the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act 1857 and its significant impact on previously invisible married women in the 19th centu…

I really enjoyed tonight’s @ihrwomen.bsky.social book launch for @drjenniferaston.bsky.social’s deserted wives book. Looking forward to reading it! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/deserted-...