ALISS  Womens History Month showcase 2026

See our 2026  celebration of Arts and Crafts women – week one now available.

Alternative link

https://womenahistorymonth.my.canva.site/womenshistorymonth2026

March 19^th  2-4 pm approx. final programme to be confirmed

This special event aims to showcase the relationship between material culture and women’s activism . A range of speakers will offer insight from archival collections covering women’s history . They will show case great examples of objects held in special collections and archives there will also be some discussion of organising workshops  around these.

the event will take place via MS teams. It will not be recorded. Slides will be offered where available.

It is free for all

to register email Heather Dawson
h.dawson@lse.ac.uk

Presenters will include: 

Elizabeth Crawford- The British Women’s Suffrage Movement in 100 objects

https://womanandhersphere.com/2026/01/06/100-years-of-the-womens-library-one-day-conference-14-january-2026/

She will provide a fascinating preview of her  forthcoming  book The British Women’s Suffrage Movement in 100 Objects: a material history – to be published in paperback by Bloomsbury Academic in July 2026.

In a sequence of 100 objects, she relates the history of the British ‘votes for women’ campaign from tentative beginnings in 1866 to the granting of the vote to all women on the same terms as men in 1928. Bringing the story up to date, the last few objects highlight the way the campaign has subsequently been shaped and celebrated. This book owes a great deal to material held in the Women’s Library at LSE, as well as in private collections.

Elizabeth is an independent researcher and for decades ran a business selling antiquarian books and ephemera by and about women, specialising in the suffrage movement. Among her books are The Women’s Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide, 1866-1928 (1999), Enterprising Women: The Garretts and Their Circle (2002), The Women’s Suffrage Movement in Britain and Ireland: A Regional Survey (2005), and Art and Suffrage: a biographical dictionary of suffrage artists (2018).

Helen Burton and Ash Coffey (Keele University Library) 

Women’s Activism, Material Culture and the North Staffordshire Miners’ Wives Action Group Archive 

The presenters will Explore  the NSMWAG Archive at Keele University, the role of material culture in preserving women’s activism, and reflect on why such collections matter.