ICYMI in our last (newsletter, that is), we have eight new Curran Fellows for 2026 set to embark on some exciting #19thC periodicals research! This year's cohort comes from several disciplines across institutions in the US, UK, Germany and Italy. Congratulations to all! 🎉

The Victorian sportswomen who had to fight misogynistic abuse, just like the Lionesses Victorian women were supposed to be demure, uncompetitive creatures – but that didn’t stop many from playing and enjoying sport.

My article for The Conversation, on Victorian women playing and enjoying competitive sports despite the pushback they faced for it: @theconversation.com @theconversationuk.bsky.social

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Congrats, Stephanie!

Had an enlightening time in the archives in Mumbai last week investigating women’s regional feminist magazines from 1890s Bombay
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Delighted to see the photo of nineteenth-century social reformer Shevantibai Nikambe from my article on the cover of the latest issue of @vpreditors.bsky.social!

Very happy to finally see this in ‘print’! Thanks to Lars Atkin and Matt Poland, and also Kathy Malone.

Image of front page of Women’s Penny Paper for May 25, 1889, featuring an interview with Pandita Ramabai Saraswati and a black-and-white sketch of the reformer with her daughter.

Tarini Bhamburkar traces the Women’s Penny Paper and Woman’s Signal’s reporting of an emerging Indian feminism. Read it in the latest issue of VPR: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl... @rs4vp.bsky.social