What do the diaries of Anne Lister tell us about queer identities and selfhood in the 19th century?
By Emily Moore [Edited by Georgia Wood and Tertia Bloor] Anne Lister (1791-1840) was an avid explorer, heiress and Yorkshire landowner...
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Mark Potter
Jul 14, 202110 min read
Was the ‘Sexual Revolution’ a myth?
By Lily Jeannin Edited by Tara Jenkins and Mark Potter The ‘Sexual Revolution’ was part of the larger counterculture of the 1960s, which...
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Jul 14, 20218 min read
How did medieval Europeans Rep of Muslim women differ from medieval Muslim rep of Euro or Christian
By Fatmanour Chouseinoglou Edited by Mark Potter How did medieval Europeans representations of Muslim women differ from medieval Muslim...
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Mark Potter
Jul 14, 202116 min read
Was the holding of political power by women seen as un-Islamic?
By Saarah Ahmed Edited by Nadar Abdi and Mark Potter The rise of Islam in the seventh century transformed the lives of women...
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Jul 14, 20218 min read
Did reform enlarge or diminish the political opportunities open to women?
By Katherine Cornell Edited by Tanya Mishra and Mark Potter Between 1830 and 1867, a new paradigm was formed in Britain which continued...
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Mark Potter
Jul 14, 202111 min read
How important was advertising to gender formation?
By Abigail Harrison Edited by Frank Oddy and Mark Potter Although an informative tool, advertising fundamentally aspires to influence....
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Mark Potter
Jul 14, 202111 min read
The Victorians were far from repressed, but were obsessed with policing sexual rebels & outsiders.
By Katherine Cornell Edited by Becky Ross and Mark Potter ‘The Victorians were far from repressed, but they were obsessed with policing...
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Mark Potter
Jul 14, 202111 min read
To what extent was the home the primary site of violence?
By Fenella Jenkins Edited by Charlotte Donnelly and Mark Potter Early modern Europe was a place where ‘violence was less a problem to be...
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Mark Potter
Jul 14, 202111 min read
How political was the second wave of the feminist movement?
By Lily Jeannin Edited by Nadar Abdi and Mark Potter The twentieth century is probably the century that experienced the most...
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Mark Potter
Jul 14, 202111 min read
What accounts for the greater involvement of women in the Irish nationalist movement around 1900?
By Anna Whyte Edited by Nadar Abdi and Mark Potter Though their role has only recently been taken seriously in the historiography of...
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Mark Potter
Jul 14, 20219 min read
To what extent and why did feminism experience a revival in Britain in the late 1960s and 1970s?
By Maisie Vamos Edited by Becky Ross and Mark Potter Around forty years after the recognised ‘first wave ‘of feminists were doing their...
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Mark Potter
Jul 14, 202113 min read
What roles did women play in the expansion of the East India Company in this period?
By Lara Carrani Edited by Tanya Mishra and Mark Potter Women were extremely important in the expansion of the East India Trading Company...
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Jul 14, 202112 min read
How have representations of female anger, & responses to it, changed since the early modern period?
By Arianna Koffler-Sluijter Edited by Tyler Morgan and Mark Potter The patriarchy upholds the emotional norm for women to be passive and...
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Mark Potter
Jul 14, 202113 min read
The state of women’s emancipation and industrialisation in 1860s United States: A comparative essay
By Patrik Duhaj Edited by Katie Simpson and Mark Potter The state of women’s emancipation and industrialisation in 1860s United States: A...
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Mark Potter
Jul 14, 20219 min read
Is Alex Owen correct in considering spiritualism as a strategy for the subversion of femininity?
By Zoë Dales Edited by Austin Steele and Mark Potter Nineteenth century Britain was governed by the doctrine of separate spheres – an...
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Mark Potter
Jul 14, 20219 min read
Was First World War more important than pre-war suffrage movement in securing 1918 Rep People Act(I)
By Kirsty Neale Edited by Krutika Sharma and Mark Potter Was the First World War more important than the pre-war suffrage movement in...
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Mark Potter
Jul 14, 202112 min read
How far was gender expressed or defied by shopping, fashion and appearances? (I)
By Ronda Jerrard Edited by Saundarya Mitter and Mark Potter During the nineteenth century, people expressed and defied their gender...
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Mark Potter
Jul 14, 202111 min read
How far was gender expressed or defied by shopping, fashion and appearances? (II)
By Lara Froes Edited by Rebecca Ogbonna and Mark Potter Historiographical debate surrounds the changes on gender, caused by the fast pace...
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Jul 14, 202111 min read
How far was gender expressed or defied by shopping, fashion and appearances? (III)
By Georgia Wood Edited by Jaina Debnam and Mark Potter Shopping, fashion and appearances allowed people to express themselves and their...
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Mark Potter
Jul 14, 202112 min read
How far were Victorian and Edwardian experiences and ideas of empire and race entwined with gender?
By Hannah Maddison Cragg Edited by Tyler Morgan and Mark Potter Within the context of the Victorian and Edwardian periods, ideas of...
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