Dr Eileen Luscombe
@dreileenluscombe.bsky.social
Hello Butterflies 🦋
Historian Biographer Researcher
Suffragette Snippetts
Feminist Histories
Adjunct Research Fellow Federation University
History and Legacy of the Suffragette Fellowship: Calling all Women!
Routledge
Historian Biographer Researcher
Suffragette Snippetts
Feminist Histories
Adjunct Research Fellow Federation University
History and Legacy of the Suffragette Fellowship: Calling all Women!
Routledge
vt.tiktok.com/ZSkUGvsRF/. My god, love this. Not a fan of AI but honestly, this is well done. Sensitive and impactful.
TikTok - Make Your Day
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June 8, 2025 at 11:45 PM
vt.tiktok.com/ZSkUGvsRF/. My god, love this. Not a fan of AI but honestly, this is well done. Sensitive and impactful.
Very pleased to finally visit Manchester. I like it. Gritty and unpretentious. Queen Bee Emmeline and her loyal Worker Bee Annie Kenney. #Manchester #suffragettes #pankhurstcentre
March 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Very pleased to finally visit Manchester. I like it. Gritty and unpretentious. Queen Bee Emmeline and her loyal Worker Bee Annie Kenney. #Manchester #suffragettes #pankhurstcentre
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On 17 February 1909 Muriel Matters, Australian-born suffrage supporter, organised an airship emblazoned with "Votes for Women" to distribute Women’s Freedom League leaflets over parliament for the state opening.
#WomensHistory #GenderHist #OTD
#WomensHistory #GenderHist #OTD
February 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM
On 17 February 1909 Muriel Matters, Australian-born suffrage supporter, organised an airship emblazoned with "Votes for Women" to distribute Women’s Freedom League leaflets over parliament for the state opening.
#WomensHistory #GenderHist #OTD
#WomensHistory #GenderHist #OTD
My absolute favourite early film posters showcasing the spectacular Nazimova. Imagine the blaze of colour outside the local cinema on a grey dull day. Sublime 😊
January 25, 2025 at 3:51 AM
My absolute favourite early film posters showcasing the spectacular Nazimova. Imagine the blaze of colour outside the local cinema on a grey dull day. Sublime 😊
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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
January 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
I adore this method of Public History. Funny, entertaining, educational. Give them a follow on TT or YouTube.
January 16, 2025 at 2:38 AM
I adore this method of Public History. Funny, entertaining, educational. Give them a follow on TT or YouTube.
Merry Xmas Butterflies 🦋
Eat, Drink, Be Merry 😊
Buckle up! 2025 will be 😳
Eat, Drink, Be Merry 😊
Buckle up! 2025 will be 😳
December 25, 2024 at 1:02 AM
Merry Xmas Butterflies 🦋
Eat, Drink, Be Merry 😊
Buckle up! 2025 will be 😳
Eat, Drink, Be Merry 😊
Buckle up! 2025 will be 😳
December 15, 2024 at 10:48 PM
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ICYMI: the BBC Outlook episode on McCall is available to listen to here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
#FilmSky #HerStory #history #writers 💙
#FilmSky #HerStory #history #writers 💙
Thrilled to be interviewed by @bbcworldservice.bsky.social about the remarkable #MaryCMcCallJr with McCall's daughter, writer #MDSheiner. The show airs live tomorrow GMT 12 noon + 1800, + 0300 on 4/12 (4am, 10am + 7pm tomorrow PST). #WomensHistory #HerStory #FilmSky
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BBC World Service - Outlook, How Hollywood’s most powerful woman won and lost it all
Before she was blacklisted, Mary McCall Jr. was a hit writer who transformed Hollywood
www.bbc.co.uk
December 6, 2024 at 9:32 AM
ICYMI: the BBC Outlook episode on McCall is available to listen to here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
#FilmSky #HerStory #history #writers 💙
#FilmSky #HerStory #history #writers 💙
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December 1, 2024 at 3:49 AM
Madame Tussauds capitalising on the newsworthy status of Suffragettes in 1908. No denying WSPU marketing savvy. Respectable, authoritative Women organising the business of achieving Votes for Women. ILN 12/08.
November 24, 2024 at 11:21 PM
Madame Tussauds capitalising on the newsworthy status of Suffragettes in 1908. No denying WSPU marketing savvy. Respectable, authoritative Women organising the business of achieving Votes for Women. ILN 12/08.
The mysterious Miss X the "Masked Suffragette"? Hunger Strike for 40 days in a glass cabinet Feb 1914.
Surviving on Cigarettes😎
Surviving on Cigarettes😎
November 22, 2024 at 12:45 AM
The mysterious Miss X the "Masked Suffragette"? Hunger Strike for 40 days in a glass cabinet Feb 1914.
Surviving on Cigarettes😎
Surviving on Cigarettes😎
Alexander Graham Bell to Deputy Post Mstr Brisbane Australia. Bell supported Women’s Suffrage and was pleased that his invention provided a new occupation for women. 1910
November 19, 2024 at 10:58 PM
Alexander Graham Bell to Deputy Post Mstr Brisbane Australia. Bell supported Women’s Suffrage and was pleased that his invention provided a new occupation for women. 1910
Report of Black Friday Nov 18 1910 in ‘Votes for Women’
The Siege of Downing Street Part 3
The Siege of Downing Street Part 3
November 17, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Report of Black Friday Nov 18 1910 in ‘Votes for Women’
The Siege of Downing Street Part 3
The Siege of Downing Street Part 3
Report of Black Friday Nov 18 1910 in ‘Votes for Women’
The Siege of Downing Street Part 2
The Siege of Downing Street Part 2
November 17, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Report of Black Friday Nov 18 1910 in ‘Votes for Women’
The Siege of Downing Street Part 2
The Siege of Downing Street Part 2
Reports of Black Friday Nov 18 1910 in ‘Votes for Women’
Part 1
Part 1
November 17, 2024 at 9:34 PM
Reports of Black Friday Nov 18 1910 in ‘Votes for Women’
Part 1
Part 1
Really enjoying this fabulous book by Wendy Moore. Impeccably researched. Beautifully written account of amazing women.
November 16, 2024 at 11:56 PM
Really enjoying this fabulous book by Wendy Moore. Impeccably researched. Beautifully written account of amazing women.
I am not entirely convinced this is a true story.
TikTok @sheroesofyore
TikTok @sheroesofyore
November 16, 2024 at 1:23 PM
I am not entirely convinced this is a true story.
TikTok @sheroesofyore
TikTok @sheroesofyore
Powerful images of Black Friday (18 November 1910) Suffragettes surrounded by leering men. Mrs Massy and Mrs Wilcock/Willcox struggle with police. Multiple Women reported sexual assaults by plain clothes Police. The media urged to suppress images of the event.
#suffragettes
#suffragettes
November 16, 2024 at 12:35 AM
Powerful images of Black Friday (18 November 1910) Suffragettes surrounded by leering men. Mrs Massy and Mrs Wilcock/Willcox struggle with police. Multiple Women reported sexual assaults by plain clothes Police. The media urged to suppress images of the event.
#suffragettes
#suffragettes
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Hot Press Podcasts: Airbrushed, queer Irish female revolutionaries-episodes 1-3 out - on the queer relationships of revolutionaries, suffrage & socialist activists, Dr Kathleen Lynn, Eva Gore Booth & Helena Molony #queerhistory #irishhistory #history #irishstudies www.hotpress.com/culture/hot-...
Hot Press Podcasts presents: <I>Airbrushed, </I> telling the stories of queer Irish female revolutionaries | Hotpress
The six part series will focus on six revolutionary female figures: Dr Kathleen Lynn, Eva Gore-Booth, Helena Moloney, Margaret Skinnider, Helen Chevenix and ...
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November 14, 2024 at 9:13 AM
Hot Press Podcasts: Airbrushed, queer Irish female revolutionaries-episodes 1-3 out - on the queer relationships of revolutionaries, suffrage & socialist activists, Dr Kathleen Lynn, Eva Gore Booth & Helena Molony #queerhistory #irishhistory #history #irishstudies www.hotpress.com/culture/hot-...
The Right Books for Rebels!
‘The Bomb Shop’ in The Suffragette June 26 1914. #suffragettes #feministhistory #resist
‘The Bomb Shop’ in The Suffragette June 26 1914. #suffragettes #feministhistory #resist
November 14, 2024 at 10:46 PM
The Right Books for Rebels!
‘The Bomb Shop’ in The Suffragette June 26 1914. #suffragettes #feministhistory #resist
‘The Bomb Shop’ in The Suffragette June 26 1914. #suffragettes #feministhistory #resist
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Three glass eyes with portable velvet carrying case & mirror, c.1870. These were likely meant to be carried by an ocularist – someone who specialized in making and fitting prosthetic eyes – to assist in making the best match.
Interested in medical history? Follow me for more!
#skystorians #histmed
Interested in medical history? Follow me for more!
#skystorians #histmed
November 12, 2024 at 8:07 PM
Three glass eyes with portable velvet carrying case & mirror, c.1870. These were likely meant to be carried by an ocularist – someone who specialized in making and fitting prosthetic eyes – to assist in making the best match.
Interested in medical history? Follow me for more!
#skystorians #histmed
Interested in medical history? Follow me for more!
#skystorians #histmed
July 1959 Unveiling of the memorial 'wings’ to Christabel Pankhurst at the statue of Mrs Pankhurst. Lord Pethick-Lawrence front row, Suffragette Grace Roe at the rear. The WSPU 1910 Prisoners Banner on display at the rear of the podium. #suffragettes #feministhistory.
November 13, 2024 at 4:12 AM
July 1959 Unveiling of the memorial 'wings’ to Christabel Pankhurst at the statue of Mrs Pankhurst. Lord Pethick-Lawrence front row, Suffragette Grace Roe at the rear. The WSPU 1910 Prisoners Banner on display at the rear of the podium. #suffragettes #feministhistory.
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James Forten of Philadelphia heard the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence in July 1776; he participated in the American Revolution & continued to fight for its ideals long after the war. Abolitionist, activist, entrepreneur, American Founder.
November 13, 2024 at 12:28 AM
James Forten of Philadelphia heard the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence in July 1776; he participated in the American Revolution & continued to fight for its ideals long after the war. Abolitionist, activist, entrepreneur, American Founder.