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Janet Smith

@janetsmith1831.bsky.social

Historian. PhD, M.A. C19 Women and Gender History. 'Helen Taylor and her Fight for the People. Education Reformer, Feminist and Pioneer of the Labour Movement.' Published June 2025 by Pen and Sword

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Independent Historians Network (UK)@indyhistnetwork.bsky.social · 2d ago

UK history is at a crisis point in academia. More & more people are going freelance on a part time basis, or as a whole new form of employment. IHN is creating support network for all historians who work independently. We aim to bring people together, promote your work, and be a hub of information.

Lucy Delap@lucydelap.bsky.social · 2d ago

Great discussion at the 'crisis in UK history' meeting hosted by @ihr.bsky.social, @royalhistsoc.org, @histassoc.bsky.social and History UK. Horror stories of closures and redundancies, balanced by new resources. Check out for ex. the new Independent Historians Network independenthistorians.org

Women's History Network@womenshistnet.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New on the blog! @janetsmith1831.bsky.social explores the remarkable life of Helen Taylor, a prominent campaigner, founding member of the Democratic Federation, first prospective parliamentary candidate & member of the London School Board #womenshistory womenshistorynetwork.org/rediscoverin...

Rediscovering Helen Taylor (1831-1907) – Dr Janet Smith

My first encounter with Helen Taylor Whilst researching my M.A. dissertation on the feminist Irish nationalist, Anna Parnell, a brief reference to Helen Taylor in a newspaper piqued my interest.  I…

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Women's History Network@womenshistnet.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New on the blog! Esther Dobson and Elspeth King look at the role of women in the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during the #SecondWorldWar. Many women were involved by employing their hard-earned ‘feminine’ needlecraft skills which the blog explores womenshistorynetwork.org/hidden-heroi...

Hidden Heroines: Secret Stitching on the Home Front – Esther Dobson and Dr Elspeth King

‘Not all heroes wear capes’, a common refrain during and since the Covid pandemic, but the ideas behind that phrase go back much further and certainly played a part in the Home Front during the Sec…

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History of Parliament@histparl.bsky.social · 5mo ago

In 1866, the first mass petition for women's suffrage was presented to Parliament. Dr Kathryn Rix explores the petition with 1,500 signatories and its reception in the House.

‘The first humble beginnings of an agitation’: the women’s suffrage petition of 7 June 1866 - The History of Parliament

A. Dingsdale, '"Generous and lofty sympathies": the Kensington Society, the 1866 women's suffrage petition and the development of mid-Victorian feminism'

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Women's History Network@womenshistnet.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Join us on Tuesday, 24 February to hear Dr Valerie Schutte kick off our Spring Seminar Series with a fascinating paper on 'Katherine Basset as a Case Study of the Household of Anne of Cleves'. Please find the sign-up link via this page: womenshistorynetwork.org/sign-up-now-...

Sign up now for the first session of our Spring Seminar Series, featuring Dr Valerie Schutte.

Tuesday, 24 February 2026, at 5pm GMT Sign-up now for our online-only zoom webinar here. “Katherine Basset as a Case Study of the Household of Anne of Cleves”, Dr Valerie Schutte This p…

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@ncisindiescholars.bsky.social · 12mo ago

We’re always happy to announce our members’ successes, so congratulations to Dr Janet Smith (Brighton, UK) on the publication of her monograph Helen Taylor and her Fight for the People.

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Janet Smith@janetsmith1831.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Delighted to have just received my contributor copy of the Oxford Handbook of American and British Women Philosophers in the Nineteenth Century. I wrote the chapter on C19 feminism and women's rights

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Liverpool University Press@livunipress.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Liverpool University Press is delighted to partner with @jstor.bsky.social on this new initiative, continuing our shared commitment to mission-led scholarly publishing by offering our entire digital catalogue in one place for the first time.

JSTOR@jstor.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Publisher Collections: JSTOR’s #nonprofit model simplifying #ebook acquisition and access. Perpetual license to current-year + earlier titles while participating. 20 presses are already onboard! Learn more: https://bit.ly/472mYQh

Dark red background. JSTOR logo at top left. Left side text reads: ‘News’ and the headline ‘Introducing Publisher Collections, a new model that simplifies and scales ebook acquisition and access.’ Right side: a black-and-white engraving labeled ‘COMPOSITORS’ WORK AND STEREOTYPING.’ depicting a busy historical print shop with workers at type cases and presses.
Victorian Commons@victoriancommons.bsky.social · last yr.

Died #OnThisDay 1903 Henry Liddell, 2nd Earl of Ravensworth, who was Conservative MP for Northumberland South, 1852-78. He was among the MPs who voted in the minority for John Stuart Mill’s women’s suffrage amendment, 20 May 1867: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2017/05/19/t...

‘The only really important public service I performed’: John Stuart Mill’s women’s suffrage amendment, 20 May 1867

Our MP of the Month is John Stuart Mill (1806-73), who sat as Liberal MP for Westminster, 1865-8. One hundred and fifty years ago this week, the House of Commons voted for the first time on the que…

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Janet Smith@janetsmith1831.bsky.social · last yr.

Delighted to have my chapter on Feminism and Women's Rights included in the just published Oxford Handbook of American and British Women Philosophers in the C19

Lydia Moland@lydiamoland.bsky.social · last yr.

Weighing in at 827 pages and 2 1/4 inches, our Oxford Handbook of American and British Women Philosophers in the 19th Century is HERE! Huge thanks to @oupphilosophy.bsky.social and our 50+ authors. Restoring women to the philosophical canon is a matter of justice, but it is also better scholarship!

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