FEATURED BLOG POSTS 

 

• Railway Work, Life and Death - A Local History Approach to E Beaumont -  July 2021 

• Women's History Network - Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World - The Musical - Interview with Frances Mayli McCann - November 2021

• History Bites UK - Women's Philanthropy in the Northampton Boot and Shoe Industry - The Life of Catherine Lewis - March 2022 

• Women's History Network - Book Review - Remarkable Women of the Second World War: A Collection of Untold Stories New book by Victoria Panton Bacon

• Women's History Network - Conference Report - Gender and Political Groups 1650 - 1950

• More Than Just A Circle - celebrating the stories behind West Northamptonshire’s buildings, revealing how blue plaques keep local history alive through the remarkable people who shaped it - March 2026

 

BOOK REVIEWS 

 

• Book Review - Moseley 1850-1900: Space, place and people in a middle class Birmingham Suburb by Janet Berry, MidlandsReview History , September 2024

• Book Review - Illegitimacy, Family and Stigma in England, 1660–1834 by Kate Gibson, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2022, 320 pp. Social History  Volume 49, 2024 Issue 1 pp. 115-116

 

PUBLICATIONS

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Book Chapters 

Women and welfare: Philanthropy in the Northampton boot and shoe industry in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in Siobhan Hyland, Paul Jackson and Mark Rothery (eds), Well-being Past and Present: The History and Contemporary Practice of a Cultural Phenomenon in Britain, 2025

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Articles 

• Women's philanthropy and religion: The ladies of the Northampton shoe trade, 1870-1950, Religion Compass, Wiley Publications - November 2023 

 

PRESENTATIONS AND SEMINARS

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• University of Northampton History Seminar Series - Summer Term - 'Ladies of Shoe Trade: Philanthropy, politics and the social significance of the wives and daughters of prominent boot and shoe manufacturers in Northampton 1850 - 1950 - May 2021​

• Centre for the Study of Women and Gender (Warwick University) - 'Ladies of the Shoe Trade: Philanthropy, politics and the social significance of the wives of prominent boot and shoe manufacturers in Northampton 1870 - 1950 - February 2022

• University of Northampton Research Conference 2022 - 'Looking for Ladies: Finding Women in Local Resources' - Poster Competition - May 2022 

• Being Human Festival - 'Ladies of the Shoe Trade: Philanthropy, Politics and Social Significance of the Wives of prominent shoe manufacturers in Northampton 1870-1950' - November 2022

• Historical Association - 'Women, Religion and the Northampton Boot and Shoe Industry' - June 2023

• University of Northampton Centre of Historical Studies - Wellbeing Past and Present Conference - 'Women and Welfare - Philanthropy in the Northampton Boot and Shoe Industry' - July 2023 ​

• Northampton Museum and Art Gallery - Heels of Change: Women's Philanthropy in the Northampton Boot and Shoe Industry, 1870 to 1950 - May 2025

• Rushden Life - Unlacing The Past: Women's Philanthropy in the Northamptonshire Boot and Shoe Industry - July 2026

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MEDIA 

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• BBC Radio Northampton - Bernie Keith - 13th March 2026 - Discussing Women in Local History for Women's History Month. 

• NLive Radio - Undiscovered Northampton - 18th March 2026 - Discussing Women in Local History 

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CONVENOR

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• Gender and Political Groups in Britain c1650-1950 Postgraduate Conference 2023- University of Northampton - May 2023 - With Kerry Love

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RELEVENT WORK EXPERIENCE 

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• University of Northampton - Postgradate Student Rep - Research Degrees Committee - May 2021 to June 2025

• Women's History Network - Blog Editor - June 2021 to September 2024

• Gale Cengage - Digital Humanities User Engagement Program - Internship  June 2022 to June 2023 ​

• IHR History Lab - Membership Office - September 2021 to September 2022​

• Northampton Together: Civic Society for Northampton - Committee Member - March 2022 to March 2023 ​

• University of Northampton - UniClub Tutor - History Tutor - October 2023 to April 2024, October 2024 to April 2025, January 2026 to April 2026 

• Northampton Museum and Arts Gallery - Blue Plaque Scheme Independent Panalist - July 2025 to March 2026​

• Northamptonshire Heritage Transport - Historical Researcher - St James Depot project - 2024