The Women's Print History Project
@thewphp.bsky.social
Your go-to bibliographical database for finding books that women were involved in producing between 1750 and 1836. Posts by Serena Spacek, Kandice Sharren, and Amanda Law.
For our final spotlight in the Research in Reflection series, join PI Michelle Levy and Lead Editor Kandice Sharren as they muse on 10 years of the WPHP—their regrets, their accomplishments, and how they have tried to keep the humans involved at the forefront of of the project: tinyurl.com/23ajexte
September 2, 2025 at 7:22 PM
For our final spotlight in the Research in Reflection series, join PI Michelle Levy and Lead Editor Kandice Sharren as they muse on 10 years of the WPHP—their regrets, their accomplishments, and how they have tried to keep the humans involved at the forefront of of the project: tinyurl.com/23ajexte
In Kate’s contribution to our “Research in Reflection Series” she reflects on how the WPHP (delightfully, inevitably) shaped her her PhD work—and provided her with the opportunity to drop books in the British Library. Oops. Read about her ongoing love story with the WPHP here: tinyurl.com/5k55cpxm
August 29, 2025 at 7:19 PM
In Kate’s contribution to our “Research in Reflection Series” she reflects on how the WPHP (delightfully, inevitably) shaped her her PhD work—and provided her with the opportunity to drop books in the British Library. Oops. Read about her ongoing love story with the WPHP here: tinyurl.com/5k55cpxm
Continuing our "Research in Reflection Spotlight Series," RA Belle Eist details how following a rabbit hole into Jane Loudon's life informed both her MA project and her WPHP work: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/150.
August 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Continuing our "Research in Reflection Spotlight Series," RA Belle Eist details how following a rabbit hole into Jane Loudon's life informed both her MA project and her WPHP work: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/150.
In our next installment of the "Research in Reflection Spotlight Series, join RA Salena Wiener as she recounts how the WPHP helped shape her PhD research on women's labour in the production of manuscripts: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/149.
August 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
In our next installment of the "Research in Reflection Spotlight Series, join RA Salena Wiener as she recounts how the WPHP helped shape her PhD research on women's labour in the production of manuscripts: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/149.
First up, in "Reflections of a Research Assistant:
The Multitudes of WPHP Work," Amanda Law discusses the several roles she took on as an RA for the project, and the special place Phillis Wheatley Peters and her book of poetry hold in her memories: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/146.
The Multitudes of WPHP Work," Amanda Law discusses the several roles she took on as an RA for the project, and the special place Phillis Wheatley Peters and her book of poetry hold in her memories: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/146.
August 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM
First up, in "Reflections of a Research Assistant:
The Multitudes of WPHP Work," Amanda Law discusses the several roles she took on as an RA for the project, and the special place Phillis Wheatley Peters and her book of poetry hold in her memories: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/146.
The Multitudes of WPHP Work," Amanda Law discusses the several roles she took on as an RA for the project, and the special place Phillis Wheatley Peters and her book of poetry hold in her memories: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/146.
How it started How it ended
August 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
How it started How it ended
In the penultimate (!!) episode of The WPHP Monthly Mercury, we’re joined by three scholars whose work has been vital to our research—Isobel Grundy, @lesliehowsam.bsky.social, and Maureen Bell. Listen here: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/147 (1/3)
August 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
In the penultimate (!!) episode of The WPHP Monthly Mercury, we’re joined by three scholars whose work has been vital to our research—Isobel Grundy, @lesliehowsam.bsky.social, and Maureen Bell. Listen here: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/147 (1/3)
This month’s episode of the WPHP Monthly Mercury features research by recent PhD graduate Tricia Monsour, who completed a scholarly edition of Jane Harvey’s The Castle of Tynemouth. We never can resist a bonkers novel—and we hope you can’t either: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/145
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The WPHP Monthly Mercury No 5.4
A Newcastle Novelist
feat. Tricia Monsour
Vancouver:
Hosted by Moffatt & Sharren, [pencil annotation: Kate & Kandice] Vancouver and Saskatoon
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February 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This month’s episode of the WPHP Monthly Mercury features research by recent PhD graduate Tricia Monsour, who completed a scholarly edition of Jane Harvey’s The Castle of Tynemouth. We never can resist a bonkers novel—and we hope you can’t either: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/145
Happy 2025 and ten year anniversary of the WPHP! To find out what we've been up to in the lead up to this milestone (and to see a throwback photo of Lead Editor Kandice and Project Director Michelle in 2015), take a look at our 2024 Year in Review: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/144.
February 7, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Happy 2025 and ten year anniversary of the WPHP! To find out what we've been up to in the lead up to this milestone (and to see a throwback photo of Lead Editor Kandice and Project Director Michelle in 2015), take a look at our 2024 Year in Review: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/144.
For S5E3 of the WPHP Monthly Mercury, join us as we interview @meganpeiser.bsky.social and @embrarian.bsky.social about their work on the Hicks Collection. This episode has it all—a badass woman book collector, a Boston marriage, and even a heist (!!!): womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/143
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The WPHP Monthly Mercury No 5.3
Bibliographic Intimacies
feat.
Megan Peiser &
Emily Spunaugle
Vancouver:
Hosted by Moffatt & Sharren, [pencil annotation: Kate & Kandice]
Vancouver and Saskatoon
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December 11, 2024 at 4:30 PM
For S5E3 of the WPHP Monthly Mercury, join us as we interview @meganpeiser.bsky.social and @embrarian.bsky.social about their work on the Hicks Collection. This episode has it all—a badass woman book collector, a Boston marriage, and even a heist (!!!): womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/143
And the anonymously authored The Happy Family; or, Winter Evenings' Employment. Consisting of Reading and Conversations, in seven parts, which features passages by Hannah More: womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/17534.
December 4, 2024 at 10:43 PM
And the anonymously authored The Happy Family; or, Winter Evenings' Employment. Consisting of Reading and Conversations, in seven parts, which features passages by Hannah More: womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/17534.
The pseudonymous Rachel Revel’s Winter Evening Pastimes; or, the Merry-Makers Companion which claims to promote “harmless mirth and innocent amusement:” womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/21890;
December 4, 2024 at 10:43 PM
The pseudonymous Rachel Revel’s Winter Evening Pastimes; or, the Merry-Makers Companion which claims to promote “harmless mirth and innocent amusement:” womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/21890;
Some highlights include Isabella Jane Towers’s The Children's Fire-side: Being a Series of Tales for Winter Evenings: womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/10444;
December 4, 2024 at 10:43 PM
Some highlights include Isabella Jane Towers’s The Children's Fire-side: Being a Series of Tales for Winter Evenings: womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/10444;
Happy December WPHP friends! Are you hosting a holiday gathering this year and looking for some entertainment? Search “winter evening” in our Titles search for some 19th century inspiration: womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/.
December 4, 2024 at 10:43 PM
Happy December WPHP friends! Are you hosting a holiday gathering this year and looking for some entertainment? Search “winter evening” in our Titles search for some 19th century inspiration: womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/.
As we continue to verify over 1500 firms on our Firms to Final Check list, you can revisit our Down the Rabbit Hole: Researching Women in the Book Trades Spotlight Series to learn about some of the extensive research we undertake to determine if a firm is woman-run.
November 20, 2024 at 11:02 PM
As we continue to verify over 1500 firms on our Firms to Final Check list, you can revisit our Down the Rabbit Hole: Researching Women in the Book Trades Spotlight Series to learn about some of the extensive research we undertake to determine if a firm is woman-run.
Happy Halloween! This year, we’re literally taking a trip to hell with Charlotte Dacre’s Zofloya. It’s Kandice’s favourite time of the year, so she sat down with WPHP collaborator Kate Ozment to talk about this demonic, orientalist bloodbath of a novel: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/141
October 31, 2024 at 3:05 PM
Happy Halloween! This year, we’re literally taking a trip to hell with Charlotte Dacre’s Zofloya. It’s Kandice’s favourite time of the year, so she sat down with WPHP collaborator Kate Ozment to talk about this demonic, orientalist bloodbath of a novel: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/141
To help you savour the last few days of October (and get you ready for another special Halloween episode coming this week!), listen again to our previous WPHP Monthly Mercury Halloween episodes.
October 28, 2024 at 5:18 PM
To help you savour the last few days of October (and get you ready for another special Halloween episode coming this week!), listen again to our previous WPHP Monthly Mercury Halloween episodes.
Happy spooky season, WPHP friends! To help you get into the Halloween spirit, revisit our Spooky Spotlight series where we dive into all things Gothic in the database: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/38.
October 21, 2024 at 8:54 PM
Happy spooky season, WPHP friends! To help you get into the Halloween spirit, revisit our Spooky Spotlight series where we dive into all things Gothic in the database: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/38.
Authority records, authority figures, authoritative scholarship… What does it really mean to have authority? The first episode of the final season of the WPHP Monthly Mercury is here to question authority—and maybe claim some in the process.
Listen here: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/140
Listen here: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/140
![A graphic designed like an 18th Century title page that reads:
The WPHP Monthly Mercury No. 5.1
Authority Issues
Vancouver:
Hosted by Moffatt & Sharren [pencil annotation: Kate & Kandice],
Vancouver and Saskatoon
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October 16, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Authority records, authority figures, authoritative scholarship… What does it really mean to have authority? The first episode of the final season of the WPHP Monthly Mercury is here to question authority—and maybe claim some in the process.
Listen here: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/140
Listen here: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/140
Meet Serena Spacek! Serena has been part of the team since May of 2023—we finally dragged her away from title checking and social media work to answer some questions. Read about her work on Eliza Haywood, her favourite WPHP facts, and her feline friends: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/137
July 12, 2024 at 3:10 PM
Meet Serena Spacek! Serena has been part of the team since May of 2023—we finally dragged her away from title checking and social media work to answer some questions. Read about her work on Eliza Haywood, her favourite WPHP facts, and her feline friends: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/137
Introducing Salena Wiener, one of our diligent RAs, and a dedicated PhD student in English Literature at Simon Fraser University! Learn about how Salena got involved with the WPHP, her research area(s), her debut chapbook, and more: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/136
July 3, 2024 at 5:58 PM
Introducing Salena Wiener, one of our diligent RAs, and a dedicated PhD student in English Literature at Simon Fraser University! Learn about how Salena got involved with the WPHP, her research area(s), her debut chapbook, and more: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/136
Whether you’re looking for simple yet beautiful blooms for your luxuriant oasis, some beginner-friendly gardening tips, or just a spring-themed read, we’re sure you’ll dig this one. 👩🌾 Access it here: womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/23755
May 15, 2024 at 8:05 PM
Whether you’re looking for simple yet beautiful blooms for your luxuriant oasis, some beginner-friendly gardening tips, or just a spring-themed read, we’re sure you’ll dig this one. 👩🌾 Access it here: womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/23755
Hannah Woolley was a successful female physician and author of the long eighteenth century, whose works contain recipes, gardening tips, notes on domestic management, medicinal advice, and more: womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/5097 (3/4)
May 15, 2024 at 8:04 PM
Hannah Woolley was a successful female physician and author of the long eighteenth century, whose works contain recipes, gardening tips, notes on domestic management, medicinal advice, and more: womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/5097 (3/4)
Spring is the season of glooming showers 🌧️ and blooming flowers 🌷 —the perfect habitat for greens and plants alike 🌱. Delve into Hannah Woolley’s “The accomplish'd lady's delight in preserving, physick, beautifying, cookery, and gardening … the compleat flowerist with the nature and use of ... (1/4)
May 15, 2024 at 8:03 PM
Spring is the season of glooming showers 🌧️ and blooming flowers 🌷 —the perfect habitat for greens and plants alike 🌱. Delve into Hannah Woolley’s “The accomplish'd lady's delight in preserving, physick, beautifying, cookery, and gardening … the compleat flowerist with the nature and use of ... (1/4)
You can search by name and/or the WPHP ID number directly in the CERL Thesaurus to access our data. See Eleanor Snowden—her recording contains a URI and a link to the authority record on the WPHP website: data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cn...
May 8, 2024 at 9:43 PM
You can search by name and/or the WPHP ID number directly in the CERL Thesaurus to access our data. See Eleanor Snowden—her recording contains a URI and a link to the authority record on the WPHP website: data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cn...