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Welcome to the West of England and South Wales Women’s History Network Blog

We welcome contributions to our blog on any aspect of women’s and gender history from anyone who has an interest they would like to share.

You can write about:-

Your research, either in progress or completed (see ‘Possible Questions for Researchers’ below);
Biographical pieces about famous or less famous women;
Your event, workshop or conference;
An event or exhibition you’ve attended;
Blogs tied to events such as Women’s History Month (March) or Black History Month (October);
Women’s careers/women in the workplace (eg women in arts, women in engineering, women in agriculture, etc);.
Women’s rights campaigns and campaigners;
 Resources for women’s history such as letters and diaries.

These are just examples and if you have any other ideas we’d love to hear them.

What you should write:-

Blogs should be between 500-1000 words.

If possible please provide at least one copyright-free image that is ready to upload, ie forwarded as a separate file and not embedded in the text of your post. Please note you must provide us with details of the image source (credit) and evidence that it is copyright free, out of copyright, in the public domain, licensed under Creative Commons, or otherwise available for use. The WESWWHN will not apply for licences; we cannot accept or use licences in your name; and licences cannot be applied for on our behalf.

You should also include a 100 word autobiography.

If you would like to write for the WESWWHN Blog please contact Lucienne Boyce at WHNWESTSWALES@outlook.com or lucienne@lucienneboyce.com in the first instance with a brief outline (a few sentences is fine) of what your proposed blog will cover.

Possible Questions for Researchers

1. Tell us a little about yourself.

2. Tell us a little more about your research topic.

3. Why did you decide to research this topic?

4. What sort of material was available to you [eg how much was there, how accessible was it, etc]?

5. Did you discover anything surprising or unexpected?

6. Are you planning to do any more research on this topic?

7. Anything you’d like to add…

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