Swords, Satan and Sexuality: Queer Nuns of the Past http://buff.ly/2gmQ7wW

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After months of paperwork we've just heard that our application to become a Community Interest Company has been approved - we're an organisation! :-D Thank you for all your amazing support over the last year-and-a-bit, we couldn't have got to this point without you x

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The extraordinary life and times of Mary Frith, or Moll Cutpurse, the Roaring Girl http://eastendwomensmuseum.org/mary-frith/

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Read about Miss Muff’s molly house in Whitechapel, and how we can glimpse trans histories http://buff.ly/2gw6tEr #TransWeek #tdor2016

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Hoping to visit the new exhibition about Emma Hamilton at the National Maritime Museum soon http://buff.ly/2f6NxGe

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Watch this video and take action tomorrow: https://www.facebook.com/events/225927237827657/?ti=cl

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November 18 at 7:31am

4 in 5 women of colour are turned away from refuges.

Migrant survivors of domestic violence are barred from support due to "no recourse to public funds" restric...tions.

Specialist support services for survivors of colour have been destroyed by austerity cuts.

This is a racist, sexist attack on survivors of domestic violence that leaves them trapped facing life-threatening abuse.

We demand a strategic, secure funding plan for ALL domestic violence survivors, which makes provision for specialist services. No temporary pots of cash, no bidding for prizes - a SECURE plan for SAFETY from domestic violence.

JOIN US THIS SUNDAY 20th November!

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Janine Booth gave this year's George Lansbury Memorial Lecture, focusing on local hero Minnie Lansbury

George Lansbury, Minnie Lansbury and Their Relevance to Modern Feminism
Janine Booth gives the 2016 George Lansbury Memorial Lecture, appearing on video at the event on Wednesday 16 November at Queen Mary University, east London.
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November 15 at 3:44am

A free, one-day conference on migrant workers, trade unions and the new economy.

Join us in London on 26th November to examine the changing nature of work and the terrains for resistance.

From Grunwick to Deliveroo
A one-day conference on migrant workers, trade unions and the new economy. Forty years ago Asian women at Grunwick led a strike for basic human dignity at work and for the right to join to a trade union. Today these battles are still being fought, often by migrant workers in precarious employment co...
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Some fascinating and deeply moving stories in this London Untold gallery from London's Screen Archives

London Untold
Maggie Reinfeld, an MA Film Studies student at King’s College London, who is currently on placement with London’s Screen Archives, has curated a selection of six films from our collection on the theme...
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'Squatters' looks at the 1970s #housingcrisis in London http://buff.ly/2fecpj5 - another piece of social history from the BFI archives

Watch Squatters 1970
To the front line of London's early 1970s' housing crisis in this angry campaign film.
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Read about gender, crime, justice and punishment in the Old Bailey proceedings

Gender in the Proceedings - Central Criminal Court
Virtually every aspect of English life between 1674 and 1913 was influenced by gender, and this includes behaviour documented in the Old Bailey Proceedings. Long-held views about the particular strengths,...
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During WWI women also played a key role in building a movement for peace http://www.historytoday.com/…/pacifism-and-feminism-great-w… #RemembranceSunday

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Remembering the 'munitionettes' of the First World War #RemembranceSunday https://sheroesofhistory.wordpress.com/…/remembering-the-m…/

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Ladies’ 'beano' from The Globe in Hartley St, Bethnal Green sometime in the 1950s http://buff.ly/2fYDsAc

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Women in Medieval guilds http://buff.ly/2fCkYkV

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Read transcripts from the Essex witch trials. Fascinating but sad. http://buff.ly/2fBo1eA

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Read about East End firebrand Melvina Walker, suffragette and communist (speaking here) http://buff.ly/2fCiIdc

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Read about the Roman woman of Spitalfields http://buff.ly/2fx3c3q

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Caribbean women in Second World War Britain

Caribbean Women in WW2 Britain
Examples of Caribbean women in WW2. Serving in the British Armed Forces. Find out Who these West Indian ATS and WAAF women were.
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'Swords, Satan and Sexuality: Queer Nuns of the Past http://buff.ly/2gmQ7wW'
'After months of paperwork we've just heard that our application to become a Community Interest Company has been approved - we're an organisation! :-D Thank you for all your amazing support over the last year-and-a-bit, we couldn't have got to this point without you x'
'The extraordinary life and times of Mary Frith, or Moll Cutpurse, the Roaring Girl http://eastendwomensmuseum.org/mary-frith/'
'Read about Miss Muff’s molly house in Whitechapel, and how we can glimpse trans histories http://buff.ly/2gw6tEr #TransWeek #tdor2016'
'Hoping to visit the new exhibition about Emma Hamilton at the @[100140416703461:274:National Maritime Museum] soon http://buff.ly/2f6NxGe'
'During WWI women also played a key role in building a movement for peace http://www.historytoday.com/helen-mccarthy/pacifism-and-feminism-great-war #RemembranceSunday'
'Remembering the 'munitionettes' of the First World War #RemembranceSunday https://sheroesofhistory.wordpress.com/2014/11/13/remembering-the-munitionettes-of-the-first-world-war/'
'Ladies’ 'beano' from The Globe in Hartley St, Bethnal Green sometime in the 1950s http://buff.ly/2fYDsAc'
'Women in Medieval guilds http://buff.ly/2fCkYkV'
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  • Hi, my walk Housing the Island: Building Homes on the Isle of Dogs o...n 26 November 130pm looks at the history of social housing and the role played by Poplar women councillors. Find out about the impact of Docklands development on this close-knit community and explore this lovely island in a friendly walk. Details at https//www.eventbrite.com/e/housing-the-island-building-homes-on-the-isle-of-dogs-tickets-28921663474?aff=erelexpmlt See More
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    Very random, but does anyone have info on the Windrush women?
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