Dr Helen Glew
@helenglew.bsky.social
Gender historian, book lover, runner, gymnerd.
Current projects: social & cultural history of the marriage bar; history of women typists
She/her
https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781784996208/
Research/writing services:
https://helenglew.com
Current projects: social & cultural history of the marriage bar; history of women typists
She/her
https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781784996208/
Research/writing services:
https://helenglew.com
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Dr Helen Glew
@helenglew.bsky.social
· Sep 2
Helen Glew
Historical Research and Writing
helenglew.com
I currently have some capacity for freelance work - in historical/archival research, writing, editing, indexing etc.
I've set up a website to outline my work and to offer an overview of what I can offer. Please do take a look and pass on to anyone who might be interested.
Thank you!
helenglew.com
I've set up a website to outline my work and to offer an overview of what I can offer. Please do take a look and pass on to anyone who might be interested.
Thank you!
helenglew.com
Sad to learn of the death of Professor Michael Mullett.
He didn’t teach me until MA level but he was kind and supportive. Very fond memories of working with him in those years in The County College when he was Vice Principal and then Principal.
portal.lancaster.ac.uk/intranet/new...
He didn’t teach me until MA level but he was kind and supportive. Very fond memories of working with him in those years in The County College when he was Vice Principal and then Principal.
portal.lancaster.ac.uk/intranet/new...
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February 18, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Sad to learn of the death of Professor Michael Mullett.
He didn’t teach me until MA level but he was kind and supportive. Very fond memories of working with him in those years in The County College when he was Vice Principal and then Principal.
portal.lancaster.ac.uk/intranet/new...
He didn’t teach me until MA level but he was kind and supportive. Very fond memories of working with him in those years in The County College when he was Vice Principal and then Principal.
portal.lancaster.ac.uk/intranet/new...
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Hello Gymnastics Fans! I'm delighted to announce that Blythe Lawrence and I have started a monthly podcast for European Gymnastics. The first episode launched today, featuring interviews with Max Whitlock, Giulia Steingruber, and Tofig Aliyev. Link below!
www.europeangymnastics.com/news/brand-n...
www.europeangymnastics.com/news/brand-n...
Brand-new ‘The European Gymnastics Podcast’ launches
European Gymnastics proudly presents … ‘The European Gymnastics Podcast’! This brand-new original podcast shines a light on the eight disciplines represented at the European continental gymnastics fed...
www.europeangymnastics.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Hello Gymnastics Fans! I'm delighted to announce that Blythe Lawrence and I have started a monthly podcast for European Gymnastics. The first episode launched today, featuring interviews with Max Whitlock, Giulia Steingruber, and Tofig Aliyev. Link below!
www.europeangymnastics.com/news/brand-n...
www.europeangymnastics.com/news/brand-n...
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On advance access: "Air Travel, Statelessness, and the Rights Claims of Ugandan Asians, c.1973"
by @riakapoor.bsky.social (@qmul.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by @riakapoor.bsky.social (@qmul.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
Air Travel, Statelessness, and the Rights Claims of Ugandan Asians, c.1973*
Abstract. In the aftermath of Idi Amin’s expulsion of Uganda’s South Asians in 1972, some of those made technically stateless arrived in India unsupported
doi.org
February 10, 2026 at 7:31 AM
On advance access: "Air Travel, Statelessness, and the Rights Claims of Ugandan Asians, c.1973"
by @riakapoor.bsky.social (@qmul.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by @riakapoor.bsky.social (@qmul.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
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Still time to book to come along to next @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminar at @ihr.bsky.social. Next Weds 11 Feb, 5.30pm, in-person with Margo Rashba on 'Vivienne Westwood's Punk & Britishness' 🧷 🇬🇧. Maybe see you there? #skystorians @d-j-frost.bsky.social
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
“All of London Started With Her”: Vivienne Westwood’s Punk and Britishness
www.history.ac.uk
February 8, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Still time to book to come along to next @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminar at @ihr.bsky.social. Next Weds 11 Feb, 5.30pm, in-person with Margo Rashba on 'Vivienne Westwood's Punk & Britishness' 🧷 🇬🇧. Maybe see you there? #skystorians @d-j-frost.bsky.social
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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The special issue of Cultural and Social History on “Researching Student Lives: Methodological and Theoretical Perspectives” (co-ed. w Georgina Brewis & Jodi Burkett) is live - yay! Several articles are OA :) Huge thanks to our contributors & the journal editors!
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rfcs20/2...
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rfcs20/2...
Cultural and Social History
Researching Student Lives: Methodological and Theoretical Perspectives. Volume 23, Issue 1 of Cultural and Social History
www.tandfonline.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:27 AM
The special issue of Cultural and Social History on “Researching Student Lives: Methodological and Theoretical Perspectives” (co-ed. w Georgina Brewis & Jodi Burkett) is live - yay! Several articles are OA :) Huge thanks to our contributors & the journal editors!
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rfcs20/2...
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rfcs20/2...
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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For anyone interested in our 18-month post in British Studies please follow the link below. @ihr.bsky.social
www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Jacob Price Fellowship in British Studies (18 month FTC):London Senate House - Hybrid
The University of London is both the UK’s largest provider of international distance and online learning and the convenor of a federation of 17 renowned higher education institutions.
www.jobs.london.ac.uk
February 4, 2026 at 6:59 PM
For anyone interested in our 18-month post in British Studies please follow the link below. @ihr.bsky.social
www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Proofs! I’ve been working on this material for years. I’m thrilled that it’s seeing the light of day in Journal of Contemporary History. It asks what ordinary Germans made of the democratization imposed on them by the Allies, analyzing the paradox that democratization is fundamentally undemocratic.
February 3, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Proofs! I’ve been working on this material for years. I’m thrilled that it’s seeing the light of day in Journal of Contemporary History. It asks what ordinary Germans made of the democratization imposed on them by the Allies, analyzing the paradox that democratization is fundamentally undemocratic.
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The 1921 census required every household to identify a 'head' - assumed to be a husband - but it offered no way to record same-sex relationships. So how did women and gender non- conforming people record their lives? Often subversively, as some examples show 🧵 (1/6)
#LGBTplusHM
#lgbthm26
#LGBTplusHM
#lgbthm26
February 2, 2026 at 5:20 PM
The 1921 census required every household to identify a 'head' - assumed to be a husband - but it offered no way to record same-sex relationships. So how did women and gender non- conforming people record their lives? Often subversively, as some examples show 🧵 (1/6)
#LGBTplusHM
#lgbthm26
#LGBTplusHM
#lgbthm26
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Rest in peace, Catherine O'Hara. It felt like she still had so much more to give.
January 30, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Rest in peace, Catherine O'Hara. It felt like she still had so much more to give.
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The #Marriage Bar. A social construct that only became illegal with the equalities legislation of 1975.
Female staff depended on who they worked for - often which matron - on whether they were fired once wed
Read @helenglew.bsky.social's work for its history in the UK
#WomensHistory #HistNursing
Female staff depended on who they worked for - often which matron - on whether they were fired once wed
Read @helenglew.bsky.social's work for its history in the UK
#WomensHistory #HistNursing
Something I Found in an initial trawl of the committee books of a hospital in the North West - 1915. Explicitly - no pay, no promotion and no permanence! Oh thank you so much! #WW1 #WomensHistory
January 27, 2026 at 12:15 PM
The #Marriage Bar. A social construct that only became illegal with the equalities legislation of 1975.
Female staff depended on who they worked for - often which matron - on whether they were fired once wed
Read @helenglew.bsky.social's work for its history in the UK
#WomensHistory #HistNursing
Female staff depended on who they worked for - often which matron - on whether they were fired once wed
Read @helenglew.bsky.social's work for its history in the UK
#WomensHistory #HistNursing
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v cool : a new article in Television and New Media (an academic journal) examining how the rise of personal computers and other personal electronics were discussed in Essence, by Myrna Moretti
journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
journals.sagepub.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:07 PM
v cool : a new article in Television and New Media (an academic journal) examining how the rise of personal computers and other personal electronics were discussed in Essence, by Myrna Moretti
journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
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Our programme for this term's @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminars at @ihr.bsky.social is now available! Please do join us in-person or online.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Contemporary British History
The Contemporary British History seminar seeks to explore all aspects the recent past of the British Isles from a historical point of view.
www.history.ac.uk
January 16, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Our programme for this term's @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminars at @ihr.bsky.social is now available! Please do join us in-person or online.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Fellow NCAA #gymnerds: I’ve been busy and so have not had much opportunity (any, really) to watch meets this season.
Which, in your opinion, are the ‘must-see’, most exciting etc meets so far to try to catch up with?
Thanks
#collegegym #ncaagymnastics
Which, in your opinion, are the ‘must-see’, most exciting etc meets so far to try to catch up with?
Thanks
#collegegym #ncaagymnastics
January 21, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Fellow NCAA #gymnerds: I’ve been busy and so have not had much opportunity (any, really) to watch meets this season.
Which, in your opinion, are the ‘must-see’, most exciting etc meets so far to try to catch up with?
Thanks
#collegegym #ncaagymnastics
Which, in your opinion, are the ‘must-see’, most exciting etc meets so far to try to catch up with?
Thanks
#collegegym #ncaagymnastics
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uh weird request but did any historians go to AHA this year and take a picture of the @harvardpress.bsky.social stand that happens to show my book???? and if so could you send it to me?
January 21, 2026 at 5:26 PM
uh weird request but did any historians go to AHA this year and take a picture of the @harvardpress.bsky.social stand that happens to show my book???? and if so could you send it to me?
Our programme for this term's @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminars at @ihr.bsky.social is now available! Please do join us in-person or online.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Contemporary British History
The Contemporary British History seminar seeks to explore all aspects the recent past of the British Isles from a historical point of view.
www.history.ac.uk
January 16, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Our programme for this term's @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminars at @ihr.bsky.social is now available! Please do join us in-person or online.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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As the world burns, let's get one thing straight. A video podcast is just a TV show.
January 16, 2026 at 12:26 AM
As the world burns, let's get one thing straight. A video podcast is just a TV show.
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Today is publication day! The Open Access version is now online so you can read for free on @manifoldscholar.bsky.social With huge thanks to @uncpress.bsky.social @ecds-emory.bsky.social and @foxcenteremory.bsky.social Go to jimcrowintheasylum.com
Jim Crow in the Asylum | Emory Center for Digital Scholarship - Manifold Scholarship
<h3>Untangling the relationship between race and psychiatry in the American South</h3>
There is a complicated history of racism and psychiatric healthcare in the Deep South states of Georgia, Alabama...
jimcrowintheasylum.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Today is publication day! The Open Access version is now online so you can read for free on @manifoldscholar.bsky.social With huge thanks to @uncpress.bsky.social @ecds-emory.bsky.social and @foxcenteremory.bsky.social Go to jimcrowintheasylum.com
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If you or anyone you know might be interested, it is still possible to sign up for and attend this workshop on second projects tomorrow:
www.history-uk.ac.uk/history-uk-r...
www.history-uk.ac.uk/history-uk-r...
History UK Research Event – Second Projects
13 January 2026, 14:30-17:00pm, in-person only;Wolfson NB01, Institute of Historical Research, London. What comes after the PhD or the first book project? Like bands struggling to craft that diffic…
www.history-uk.ac.uk
January 12, 2026 at 11:51 AM
If you or anyone you know might be interested, it is still possible to sign up for and attend this workshop on second projects tomorrow:
www.history-uk.ac.uk/history-uk-r...
www.history-uk.ac.uk/history-uk-r...
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PSA for fellow Manchester University Press authors:
I received an email today about opting in/out of an AI licensing agreement.
The message states that they are contacting authors in stages so you may not have been sent it yet, but check your junk mail - mine went there!
I received an email today about opting in/out of an AI licensing agreement.
The message states that they are contacting authors in stages so you may not have been sent it yet, but check your junk mail - mine went there!
January 8, 2026 at 9:25 PM
PSA for fellow Manchester University Press authors:
I received an email today about opting in/out of an AI licensing agreement.
The message states that they are contacting authors in stages so you may not have been sent it yet, but check your junk mail - mine went there!
I received an email today about opting in/out of an AI licensing agreement.
The message states that they are contacting authors in stages so you may not have been sent it yet, but check your junk mail - mine went there!
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The hardback edition of my book is a decade old this month. You can buy it, or the paperback version, for 40% off until the end of Jan at the @manchesterup.bsky.social website. Add to your cart and the discount is applied automatically at checkout manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526146632/
Manchester University Press - Gender, rhetoric and regulation
Gender, rhetoric and regulation - Browse and buy the Paperback edition of Gender, rhetoric and regulation by Helen Glew
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 2:44 PM
The hardback edition of my book is a decade old this month. You can buy it, or the paperback version, for 40% off until the end of Jan at the @manchesterup.bsky.social website. Add to your cart and the discount is applied automatically at checkout manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526146632/
PSA for fellow Manchester University Press authors:
I received an email today about opting in/out of an AI licensing agreement.
The message states that they are contacting authors in stages so you may not have been sent it yet, but check your junk mail - mine went there!
I received an email today about opting in/out of an AI licensing agreement.
The message states that they are contacting authors in stages so you may not have been sent it yet, but check your junk mail - mine went there!
January 8, 2026 at 9:25 PM
PSA for fellow Manchester University Press authors:
I received an email today about opting in/out of an AI licensing agreement.
The message states that they are contacting authors in stages so you may not have been sent it yet, but check your junk mail - mine went there!
I received an email today about opting in/out of an AI licensing agreement.
The message states that they are contacting authors in stages so you may not have been sent it yet, but check your junk mail - mine went there!