Nine previously shown images on the womensart account, imcluiding paintings, embroidery, ceramics and sculpture

Have a great day :) xx

Other work by the Ladybird artists
‘April’
Shell Guide to Trees and Shrubs Artist: SR Badmin

Reworking the Computer Age A global history of the computer age from the perspective of work, gender, and emotions.

My chapter 'The end of the typing pool: New technologies,
old stereotypes, and emotional reactions to workplace change in British print media' is out this week and open access.

www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7...

Opening page to the RHS guide to becoming a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. With full abstract: :Fellowship is one of several ways to join and belong to the Royal Historical Society. Fellows are elected to this position by the Society in recognition of their work for the historical discipline and profession. There are many different routes to Fellowship, just as there are different kinds of contributions and careers within the discipline of history. Today’s RHS Fellows are history practitioners from a very wide range of backgrounds (within and beyond higher education) who have contributed to historical understanding and knowledge through a body of work. These contributions take many forms: from academic publications of different formats, to editorial and curatorial work, history programming and public history. This post addresses common questions asked by those considering applying to join the Fellowship of the Royal Historical Society. If you are interested in making an application, we hope this helps."

The Society's Fellowship is a UK / worldwide gathering of historians who've contributed to historical understanding and knowledge through a body of work.

If you're interested in joining them, we've a brief guide to the many activities of RHS Fellows and how to apply bit.ly/3OzhoxK #Skystorians 1/2

Likewise my grandfather put down no religion although raised a Protestant (listed in 1911 census) & had to comply with Ne Temere to marry my grandmother in 1923. He passed down his ‘no religion’ to my dad & he onto me & me onto my kids so we have inter generational ‘no religion’ via census data.

Reflections on a participatory research project: Women’s Grassroots Activism in England and Ireland, 1918 to the present

Looking forward to speaking next month on 18 May at @vahs.bsky.social seminar series about #womensgrassrootsactivism & how we used participatory research to co-create & co-produce our #Activism100+ toolkit. If 18 May seems too far away you can find out more here 😊 learn.lsbu.ac.uk/womens-grass...

Calls for research funding from the Royal Historical Society: May to June 2026 - RHS The Society currently invites applications for the following five schemes — open to historians at a range of career stages — with closing dates between 8 May and 5 June 2026. For further information o...

Research funding for historians: the Society currently invites applications for 5 grant programmes: to support individual and project-based research by historians across a range of career stages bit.ly/4vzzNeB.

Closing dates for eligible applicants fall between 8 May and 5 June 2026 #Skystorians

80 million people globally claim Irish ancestry – why the release of 1926 Irish census records is so momentus Plus, tips for your own census search once it’s released.

In advance of tomorrow's release here is a short piece on the historical Irish censuses based on my past and ongoing research #spéirgorm theconversation.com/80-million-p...

Artwork featuring a standing central female figure in long dress created in a stylised way with intersecting lines and colours

The work of Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh (1866-1933) of the Glasgow School, who pushed the boundaries of Art Nouveau #WomensArt

There's more about the events of 1885 at the fantastic @lselibrary.bsky.social Women's Library at 100 exhibition
www.lse.ac.uk/library/twl100

Here's the link to the #1926Census of #Ireland which just went live, in case anyone is looking for it. Happy searching! nationalarchives.ie/collections/...

#IrishFamilyHistory #IrishGenealogy

Sisters Behind the Wheel: A global history of women’s motoring clubs, driving schools and garages, either from https://amzn.eu/d/02KJxoHV Or you can DM me to buy direct from me a bit cheaper.

On #ShamelessPromo Friday I am delighted to promote my newest book, Sisters Behind the Wheel: A global history of women’s motoring clubs, driving schools and garages, which you can buy direct from me or from that place you probably dont like so much. See ALT.

The Census 1926 Exhibition Tour - National Archives

There is a major exhibition ‘The Story of Us: Independent Ireland and the 1926 Census’ and I’m delighted that we are hosting this in London at @britishacademy.bsky.social from 24 April - 15 May. Free entry and no booking required. Pop in if you are around!
nationalarchives.ie/engage-and-l...

‘Such a mix of people’: Ireland of 1926 was not monocultural, release of census shows Archive is freely available online from 18 April, revealing the lives, occupations and secrets of 2.9m people

The 1926 Irish National Census has been digitised and is being made available online from today - a treasure trove for researchers and for families!
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Modern British Studies Conference 2026 - University of Birmingham Conference information

Registration for MBS2026 is now open! Registration link and the conference programme can be found here: www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...

If you have any thoughts or experiences you would like to share related to any of the above, we would love to hear from you!

Message us here or drop us an email at voicesofmotherhood@worc.ac.uk.

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A photograph of the front cover of a 1980s magazine called In From the Cold. It depicts a black and white photograph of a smiling mother and baby underneath the heading “Triumphs of a Mother with a Disability.” Image courtesy of the Bishopsgate Institute.

Our sixth strand asks how the politicisation of disability has shaped disabled women’s relationship to motherhood.

How did disabled women navigate pregnancy, birth and parenting? Has the stigma surrounding disabled motherhood eased or hardened over time?

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A photograph of a mostly black and white portrait poster which reads “Only you and the children? Join Gingerbread and meet the others with the same problems!” A smiling orange gingerbread man accompanies the text. Image courtesy of The LSE Women’s Library.

Our fourth strand examines the history of single motherhood via the grassroots organisation, Gingerbread.

What particular constraints did single mothers face? How did Gingerbread attempt to address them, both nationally and in specific local contexts?

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A short black and white magazine article with the heading “The Way I See it: Pay the Stay-at-Home Mums”. Image courtesy of the LSE Women’s Library.

Our third strand aims to unpack the identity and historical origins of the “stay at home mother”.

When does this term gain currency and how is it perceived as different from a housewife? How does the rise of the SAHM complicate our understanding of the history of women and work?

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A black and white photograph of two women each holding a newborn baby in their laps. Next to one of the women a young toddler is stood gazing at the baby. Image courtesy of Sergiu Vălenaș via Unsplash.

Our second strand looks at the rituals surrounding pregnancy and birth, and what they tell us about celebration and superstition in modern Britain.

Is it mothers or babies who are being recognised? Does the timing of these rituals matter? When do certain practices appear or decline?

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A black and white portrait photograph of a smiling nurse handing a newborn baby to its mother. They are stood outside the doorway to a building and are both dressed in 1960s-era clothing. Image courtesy of the George Marshall Medical Museum.

We’re exploring maternal and infant welfare records to understand how care for mothers and babies shifted across the 20th century.

What were the experiences of "ordinary" mothers? How were they shaped by eugenicist thinking, the expansion of the NHS, and the arrival of birth control?

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Want to learn more about what our project is investigating! Keep scrolling!

Voices of Motherhood is currently made up of five different research strands, the first of which explores the history of maternal and infant welfare in the UK after 1918.

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This week two of our researchers (Anna & Beckie) have been planning new @worcesteruni.bsky.social undergrad modules for 2026/27.

We're excited to engage in research-led teaching with classes on the history of motherhood and also to take our students on a field trip to @gmmedicalmuseum.bsky.social!

"There’s this real sense of connecting a personal, almost existential crisis with the bigger impetus, of using History Workshop, or the reasons for History Workshop, to generate a personal sense of purpose."

@inoutofpractice.bsky.social on the founding mission of HWJ.

What do we want? Mergers! When do we want them? When we know how… - HEPI This blog was kindly authored by Mark Gray, Independent consultant on knowledge exchange. In wrestling with financial sustainability, governing boards of universities and Vice Chancellors have to hand...

Figure 1 of this Hepi piece lists 27 'Approaches to HE financial sustainability', including outsourcing, new procurement frameworks, estate sales, pay reductions, redundancy.

Not one suggests open, frank & structured collaboration with staff, or better governance. Utterly inadequate to the task.

the journalists at the Times looked at the flailing, underfunded university sector - despite being one of the truly world-leading British industries - and thought, "yes, what an ideal time for a hit piece"

Photograph of two men working a massive computer the size of a room. One bloke is fiddling with knobs on a three sided desk console. The other has opened a door and is looking confusedly at wiring.

MRC staff trying to turn Bluesky on and off again

Images of the University of Sheffield and 'History and Archives in Practice' conference, 16 April 2026

We're in Sheffield today to co-host our annual day conference, 'History and Archives in Practice', with @ihr.bsky.social, The National Archives, and University of Sheffield Library #HAP26

40+ speakers explore the contributions of history to social and civic identity: bit.ly/4tj8DqW #Skystorians

We Have Come to Be Destroyed - An Evening with Dr Laura Tisdall | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about We Have Come to Be Destroyed - An Evening with Dr Laura Tisdall today.

London-based #skystorians (and other interested parties!). My London book launch for WE HAVE COME TO BE DESTROYED: GROWING UP IN COLD WAR BRITAIN is at Waterstones Gower St on Weds 13th May at 6.30pm, and I'd love to see you there! Book tickets here: www.waterstones.com/events/we-ha... #histchild