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Katherine Hobbs
@historyhobbs.bsky.social
Nineteenth-century scholar. J.D. Candidate. Sometimes mistaken for a Victorian ghost. (she/her)

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This week's Kickass Women of History, with special guest @historyhobbs.bsky.social , is included in the Scholar Sunday roundup
Back in Charlottesville for a solemn yet celebratory occasion, but y’all know #ScholarSunday threads carry on, so here’s my 223rd of great writing, podcast eps, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below, share widely, & enjoy, all! 🗃️
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#ScholarSunday Thread 223
Shared on May 4, 2025
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May 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Thank you @kickasswomenof.bsky.social for such a fun conversation! (Not in the sense of “criminal conversation,” as features prominently in this episode.)
Scandal, politics, and feminism!

Find out more about the infamous Caroline Norton on this week's Kickass Women of History, with @historyhobbs.bsky.social

Available now on Spotify, Apple, Amazon and all good podcast platforms

#womenshistory #history #19thcentury #politics #scandal
April 29, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Come celebrate Charlotte Brontë’s birthday with me and @drclaireocall.bsky.social! Tickets still available at www.bronte.org.uk/events/celeb....
April 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Holding space today for Wilkie Collins’s 201st birthday

🎨 John Everett Millais, Portrait of Wilkie Collins (1850)
January 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Hello Bluesky! I’m a public historian and writer specializing in 19th-century women’s history, legal history, and literary history.

I enjoy freelance consulting for museums etc. and am currently working on my first book about marriage law in Victorian Britain.

Looking forward to connecting!
November 16, 2024 at 6:38 PM