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“When capital pays husbands they get two workers, not one” Wages For Housework activists argued that unwaged workers in the home have the least power in a capitalist society. Demanding wages was the first step toward women refusing housework and rejecting social roles. More posters: bit.ly/3nie8t1

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Lovely open evening of The Women’s Library @lselibrary.bsky.social tonight on eve of #InternationalWomensDay2024. So nice to see friends & colleagues. Now to chill for tomorrow. 🦾

We don't know much about this simple poster found in Mary McIntosh's archive, but we like it! #WomensHistoryMonth #EqualPay

New blog: "Women Against Pit Closures" — the Jean McCrindle archives and the 1984/5 Miners' Strike.

Women Against Pit Closuresblogs.lse.ac.uk Learn about Women Against Pit Closures through a tour of some of the archives held at LSE Library.

“A Say in the End of the World” is now open! Come check out our newest exhibition in our Gallery — free and open to all. ℹ️ www.lse.ac.uk/library/even...

Happy Women's History Month! We're proud to be home to the Women's Library — the oldest and largest library in Britain devoted to the history of women’s activism. A brief history 🧵

The Women's Librarywww.lse.ac.uk Learn about the Women’s Library which tells the story of women in the UK and the great political, economic and social changes of the past 150 years.

Have a great week! A big thanks to Marina Arcady who shared this fab photo with us. 📸

George Lansbury, Labour MP, #BornOnThisDay in 1859 🎂 These wonderful photos are from his archive: lse-atom.arkivum.net/uklse-dl1gl01

Learn about the symbols on these badges through this new blog written by one of our team for the People's History Museum: bit.ly/4bv1WJT

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Now hiring 📣 We've got another role in our growing research support team @lselibrary.bsky.social for a fixed-term Open Research Assistant: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... Closing 10th March, email me [email protected] if you've got any questions #LISJobs #LibraryJobs

Join Nadina Ali at our Late event on 7 March to create art inspired by the archives. Free and open to all! ℹ️ www.lse.ac.uk/library/even...

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Now hiring! 📣 We're hiring for a new research data librarian @lselibrary.bsky.social, as we expand our support for open research and secure data: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... Closing date is Sunday 10th March, email me at [email protected] if you have any questions #Metascience #OpenData

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#RLUKICIL | Traces of South Asia: Working with Hidden Collections | 🗓️ Fri 19 Apr Archives & collections are organised to be discoverable. But what is hidden & who has to do the work of ‘finding’ them? Join us for a talk by Daniel Payne @lselibrary.bsky.social in April. 🎟️ bit.ly/RLUKICIL

'Smash the Backlash' was a demonstration held in May 1987 which saw 3,500 people march through Haringey in North London to protest against racism and bigotry. A thread for LGBT+ History Month 🧵

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New An #Interview with @carolinederry.bsky.social on the #Patriarchal structures and societal anxieties that silenced #Lesbianism in the UK for centuries, and what lesbians in #AgathaChristie's novels reveal about post-war #Britain. #LGBTplusHM @lselibrary.bsky.social wp.me/p2MwSQ-h8o

Q and A with Caroline Derry on Agatha Christie, lesbians and criminal courtswp.me Lesbian relationships in Britain were regulated and silenced for centuries, through the courts and though wider patriarchal structures. In an interview with Anna D’Alton (LSE Review of Books)…

On Women In Science Day, check out the suffrage banners honouring women scientists and medics designed by Mary Lowndes — founder of the Artists’ Suffrage League (1907) 🧵 1. Caroline Herschel was an astronomer who discovered five new comets.

NEW: Trans history collection highlight page! We've created this page to guide you around our growing collections — and just in time for LGBT+ History Month 🌈

Trans historywww.lse.ac.uk Learn about our growing trans history collections.

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Join us to celebrate 10 years of The Women’s Library at LSE at our very first Library Late! All welcome. ⏰ 6pm til 9pm on 7 March 2024 ℹ️ lse.ac.uk/library/even...

Happy LGBT+ History Month! We're a proud home to the Hall-Carpenter Archives — an incredibly rich LGBT+ history collection. We'll be celebrating all month! www.lse.ac.uk/library/coll...

LGBT+ collectionswww.lse.ac.uk Learn about our unique and important collections that cover LGBT+ history and the fight for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans equality.

Join us to celebrate 10 years of The Women’s Library at LSE at our very first Library Late! All welcome. ⏰ 6pm til 9pm on 7 March 2024 ℹ️ lse.ac.uk/library/even...

An archive find for you — a Women's Social & Political Union (WSPU) apron. It's dated c.1910 and held in militant suffragette Emily Wilding Davison's archive. 📁 archives.lse.ac.uk/Record.aspx?...

Join us for our radical left drop-in archive session TOMORROW. Open 4pm to 6pm. All welcome.....particularly those of you who've never come along before!

Radical Left, Archives Drop-in Sessionwww.eventbrite.co.uk Come see some archives!

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One of our archivists came across a bag with about 80 badges inside, including several they've never seen before. Here's their favourite! Looking forward to sharing more finds from the Hall-Carpenter Archives!

Here are suffragette waitresses with Women's Social & Political Union (WSPU) tea sets at the Women's Exhibition held in London, May 1909. We've loaned our WSPU tea set to Tate Britain. It looks glorious in their gallery — go visit if you can! 🫖 🤩

NEW EVENT Join us on 29 Feb for a Queer Footprints tour of King's Cross with author and activist Dan Glass! Free and open to all.

Queer Footprints walking tour with Dan Glasswww.eventbrite.co.uk Join us on a walk to celebrate LGBT+ History Month!

Happy New Year! Very best wishes to you all for 2024.🏆

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"Shan't we give the Girls some [votes] this time?" Seasons greetings! Here's a 1910 suffrage Christmas card. See more like this in The Women's Library album on Flickr: flic.kr/s/aHskoJBMcF

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🚨 "We need systemic changes that address the root causes of issues." New on the LSE Press blog, read our interview with LSE Press authors Gwyn Bevan & Sandy Pepper | @lselibrary.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsepress/202...

NEW EVENT Join Dr Caroline Derry for a talk exploring how lesbians are represented in Agatha Christie’s work and the insights they offer into the criminal justice system.

Agatha Christie, lesbians, and criminal courtswww.lse.ac.uk Join us and Dr Caroline Derry for a talk exploring how lesbians are represented in Agatha Christie's work.