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Women in Oxford's History
Women in Oxford's History
10 episodes
10 months ago
Sarah Acland was one of the pioneers of colour photography. This month we spoke to the historian Ann Spokes Symonds about Sarah's life and legacy.
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Sarah Acland was one of the pioneers of colour photography. This month we spoke to the historian Ann Spokes Symonds about Sarah's life and legacy.
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Women in Oxford's History
Sarah Acland - Series 2, Episode 13
Sarah Acland was one of the pioneers of colour photography. This month we spoke to the historian Ann Spokes Symonds about Sarah's life and legacy.
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6 years ago
5 minutes 17 seconds

Women in Oxford's History
Ivy Williams - Series 2, Episode 12
Ivy Williams was the first woman to be called to the bar in England. This month we spoke to Bridget Wheeler - who has a family connection to Ivy - about her achievements, and how she also opened many doors for others.
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7 years ago
19 minutes 8 seconds

Women in Oxford's History
Nora MacMunn - Series 2, Episode 11
Nora MacMunn was a geographer and suffrage campaigner based at the University of Oxford, who's escaped historical attention - until now. This month we were joined by Dr. Elizabeth Baigent to talk about Nora's life, work, and her lifelong feminism, and the project that Dr. Baigent and others are working on that's uncovering women in Geography at Oxford.
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7 years ago
22 minutes 59 seconds

Women in Oxford's History
Barbara Pym - Series 2, Episode 10
Barbara Pym studied at St. Hilda's College in the 1930s and drew on her experiences there in many of her novels. But Barbara wasn't always appreciated in her lifetime. This month we spoke to Deb Fisher, incoming chair of the Barbara Pym Society, about why she finds Barbara's life and career so inspiring.
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7 years ago
13 minutes 31 seconds

Women in Oxford's History
Dorothy de la Hey – Series 2, Episode 9
Dorothy de la Hey, born in 1884, was a pioneer of women’s education in India. This month we spoke to Dr. Sneha Krishnan about her life and legacy, and how we can study women like Dorothy in their imperial and colonial contexts.
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7 years ago
15 minutes 58 seconds

Women in Oxford's History
Hilda Lorimer - Series 2, Episode 8
Born in 1873, the classical archaeologist Hilda Lorimer made her mark on a field which was male-dominated and intellectually prestigious. This month we spoke to Stella Christiansen about Hilda's life and work, and how she defied the stereotype that women were ‘out of place’ in classical archaeology.
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7 years ago
16 minutes 2 seconds

Women in Oxford's History
Sarah Churchill - Series 2, Episode 7
Sarah Churchill, who was born in 1660, was known at various points in her life as the power behind the throne, a social pariah, and one of the best business people in Britain. This month we spoke to Emily Zinkin about Sarah's (many) rises and falls from power, her famous relationship with Queen Anne, and how she came to build Blenheim Palace.
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7 years ago
23 minutes 59 seconds

Women in Oxford's History
Gertrude Bell - Series 2, Episode 6
People called Gertrude Bell "the female Lawrence of Arabia", but some think that Lawrence of Arabia should've been called "the female Gertrude Bell". Laura Aitken-Burt joined us this month to talk about Gertrude, who was an archaeologist and explorer (and a diplomat, and a spy...).
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7 years ago
21 minutes 13 seconds

Women in Oxford's History
Felicia Skene - Series 2, Episode 5
Felicia Skene was a social reformer and writer who was the first woman in England to be appointed as a prison visitor. This month we talked to Liz Woolley about the rest of her life and the impact she made on Oxford.
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7 years ago
13 minutes 28 seconds

Women in Oxford's History
Emily Wilding Davison - Series 2, Episode 4
This year it's one hundred years since some women were granted the right to vote under the Representation of the People Act. To mark the centenary we spoke to Dr. Sophie Duncan about the life of Emily Wilding Davison, who was part of the first generation of women to study at the University of Oxford. This is the fourth episode of Women in Oxford's History's second series.
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7 years ago
26 minutes 23 seconds

Women in Oxford's History
Sarah Acland was one of the pioneers of colour photography. This month we spoke to the historian Ann Spokes Symonds about Sarah's life and legacy.