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Lucy McCormick

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PhD History student at the University of Birmingham, researching the International Woman Suffrage Alliance

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Social History Society Conference 2025 Roundup We are delighted to say that our 2025 SHS Conference was an immense success! This was the first time we have ever hosted a conference in a heritage site: namely, the Black Country Living Museum in โ€ฆ

We are delighted to say that #SHSConf2025 was an immense success!

Please read more about it here - and stay tuned for more information and announcements from the conference!โœจ

socialhistory.org.uk/2025/07/10/s...

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Emotion and Space in the Mid-Victorian Womenโ€™s Suffrage Movement in the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) - On History Recent BBIH intern Lucy McCormick explores how anti-suffragists weaponised emotion in relation to politicised spaces in mid-Victorian Britain, and how suffragists tactfully renegotiated such linksโ€ฆ

Building on the work carried out during a Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) internship on social class, Lucy McCormick explores in our latest On History blog how emotion, space and gender were utilised in the mid-Victorian womenโ€™s suffrage movement

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Such a good read. There is so much more to unearth regarding the emotional history of activist movements.

24.03.2025 10:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Emotion and Space in the Mid-Victorian Womenโ€™s Suffrage Movement โ€“ Lucy McCormick Separate Spheres The doctrine of the โ€˜separate spheresโ€™ โ€“ womenโ€™s confinement in the home while men freely roamed the public world โ€“ is entrenched in popular imaginings of Victorian life. Historianโ€ฆ

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Lucy McCormick writes about emotion and space in the mid-Victorian Women's Suffrage Movement. She explores how anti-suffragists weaponised emotion in relation to politicised spaces, and how suffragists renegotiated these links.

Read here: womenshistorynetwork.org/emotion-and-...

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