Mbarr
@mbarr123.bsky.social
PhD student, researching women’s movement 1866-1928
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We're in London today with a big old bus to tell our Govt this country cannot afford cuts. Instead they should tax us, the super rich. A 2% wealth tax alone could raise up to £460mln a week. @Keir_starmer - invest in a fairer economy. Patriotic Millionaires say Tax Our Wealth
March 18, 2025 at 9:51 AM
We're in London today with a big old bus to tell our Govt this country cannot afford cuts. Instead they should tax us, the super rich. A 2% wealth tax alone could raise up to £460mln a week. @Keir_starmer - invest in a fairer economy. Patriotic Millionaires say Tax Our Wealth
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Welcome to all of our new followers!
We are a newly launched #womenshistory podcast, exploring the lives of women from the past who deserve to be better known. They can be from anywhere in the world and any era.
Available on all good podcast platforms:
open.spotify.com/show/32oPso9...
#history
We are a newly launched #womenshistory podcast, exploring the lives of women from the past who deserve to be better known. They can be from anywhere in the world and any era.
Available on all good podcast platforms:
open.spotify.com/show/32oPso9...
#history
Kickass Women of History
Podcast · Kickass Women of History · Remember in school, all those lessons about the men of the past? How they ruled, fought and built? Well, on Kickass Women of History we'll be learning about what t...
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February 20, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Welcome to all of our new followers!
We are a newly launched #womenshistory podcast, exploring the lives of women from the past who deserve to be better known. They can be from anywhere in the world and any era.
Available on all good podcast platforms:
open.spotify.com/show/32oPso9...
#history
We are a newly launched #womenshistory podcast, exploring the lives of women from the past who deserve to be better known. They can be from anywhere in the world and any era.
Available on all good podcast platforms:
open.spotify.com/show/32oPso9...
#history
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On this day, 19 February 1913, suffragettes Lilian Lenton and Olive Wharry were arrested and charged with setting fire to the tea pavilion in Kew Gardens.
Learn more on this education resource:
#WomensHist #GenderHist #Suffragettes #OTD
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/re...
Learn more on this education resource:
#WomensHist #GenderHist #Suffragettes #OTD
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/re...
Suffragettes: Outrage at Kew - The National Archives
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www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
February 19, 2025 at 8:49 AM
On this day, 19 February 1913, suffragettes Lilian Lenton and Olive Wharry were arrested and charged with setting fire to the tea pavilion in Kew Gardens.
Learn more on this education resource:
#WomensHist #GenderHist #Suffragettes #OTD
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/re...
Learn more on this education resource:
#WomensHist #GenderHist #Suffragettes #OTD
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/re...
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A huge thank you to @ihrwomen.bsky.social for sharing our poster in their weekly newsletter!
Hopefully @womenshistnet.bsky.social followers will also be interested in our upcoming event?
More details below and on our website!
Hopefully @womenshistnet.bsky.social followers will also be interested in our upcoming event?
More details below and on our website!
Would you like a chance to chat and share stories with other older feminists?
Come along to our drop-in event on Saturday 22 March!
Entry is free but donations to HOWL are always greatly appreciated.
Come along to our drop-in event on Saturday 22 March!
Entry is free but donations to HOWL are always greatly appreciated.
February 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
A huge thank you to @ihrwomen.bsky.social for sharing our poster in their weekly newsletter!
Hopefully @womenshistnet.bsky.social followers will also be interested in our upcoming event?
More details below and on our website!
Hopefully @womenshistnet.bsky.social followers will also be interested in our upcoming event?
More details below and on our website!
Usually a fan of Lucy Worsley and ability to make history accessible and relevant . But this one makes all the mistakes about salacious reporting she is simultaneously criticising. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Lucy Worsley Investigates - Series 2: 1. Jack the Ripper
How did the Jack the Ripper case shape the way true crime is covered today? Lucy Worsley investigates how these shocking killings created a world of entertainment based on murder.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Usually a fan of Lucy Worsley and ability to make history accessible and relevant . But this one makes all the mistakes about salacious reporting she is simultaneously criticising. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Women of a certain age to be ignored again: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Waspi: Fury as women hit by state pension age rise are denied payouts - BBC News
Campaigners say they were not properly informed of a pension age rise to bring them in line with men.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 17, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Women of a certain age to be ignored again: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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#OtD 5 Dec 1955 the Montgomery bus boycott began, four days after arrest of Rosa Parks for refusing to vacate her seat in the "coloured" section of a segregated bus to a white passenger. The successful campaign helped spur the civil rights movement stories.workingclasshistory.c...
December 5, 2024 at 7:05 PM
#OtD 5 Dec 1955 the Montgomery bus boycott began, four days after arrest of Rosa Parks for refusing to vacate her seat in the "coloured" section of a segregated bus to a white passenger. The successful campaign helped spur the civil rights movement stories.workingclasshistory.c...
