History Riot

A multi-media blog exploring women in history, and how their stories are told through heritage interpretation, literature and the media.

[History Riot @History_Riot]

From dance history to #WW1, July is all about investigating women's forgotten roles:
https://t.co/uSKaIQwMjR

[Lauren Johnson @History_Lauren]

@TowerOfLondon Here's a sneaky pic of a female blacksmith from @BLMedieval's Holkham bible.
https://t.co/mUidzMtU6P

[Lauren Johnson @History_Lauren]

@TowerOfLondon Katherine was paid 8 pence a day for her work at the Tower forge.

[Lauren Johnson @History_Lauren]

In 1346 the forge at the @TowerOfLondon was worked by Katherine 'the Smith' while her son went to war with Edward III.
#WomensHistory

[Penguin Books Aus @PenguinBooksAus]

On this day in 1868 LITTLE WOMEN by Louisa May Alcott was first published. Have you read this beloved classic?

[History Riot @History_Riot]

Massive congratulations to @presparty for their award! We're so happy to have featured their #Footsteps project: https://t.co/Zwtof4mpNs https://t.co/SJjaoefiSd

[Leeds Museums & Galleries @LeedsMuseums]

The award-winning @presparty pictured with their Marsh Award for the #Footsteps WW1 exhibition @LeedsCityMuseum Congratulations guys!

[Rosanna Heverin West @RHeverinWest]

An article I've written on #Lancasters, #AnneBoleyn, #AmyJohnson & #empathy - how are they linked you ask?Find out! https://t.co/gN4dFpGP4G

[Lauren Johnson @History_Lauren]

Myself & fellow @History_Riot bod @RLHeverin got a sneaky #museumselfie this evening. Thanks @MuseumAgender for an inspiring meeting.

[Lauren Johnson @History_Lauren]

"Sexism is endemic and something needs to be done about it."
Thought-provoking piece as ever by @sixteenthCgirl for @HistoryToday https://t.co/diXy7SxqiU

[Share_UK @Share_UK]

@History_Riot Our new walking tour app is out now. 150 years of East London women-led activism. Download it here >> https://t.co/OvF7rhhCWT

[Lauren Johnson @History_Lauren]

#womeninscience @bodleianlibs The astonishing description of Dorothy Hodgkin's Nobel prize win. #womenshistory

[Lauren Johnson @History_Lauren]

V interesting point made abt women's names & whether to change them. Should it be Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin?
#womeninscience @bodleianlibs

[Rosanna Heverin West @RHeverinWest]

Some #historical #booklovers - #KathrynParr who published her own work, and #AnneBoleyn who read banned books #NationalBookLoversDay

[Lauren Johnson @History_Lauren]

Fascinating breakdown of the gender bias in literature & life - and our perceptions of it. #NationalBookLoversDay https://t.co/IghwK9CvdI

[History Riot @History_Riot]

#WomanOfTheDay Sarah Guppy
C18/19th inventor who helped design Clifton Suspension Bridge & tea urn that cooked eggs.
https://t.co/w37LgYHjKa

[Lauren Johnson @History_Lauren]

Happy Lamas everyone! Want to know what #HenryVIII & his contemporaries got up to on this summer festival?
https://t.co/EeayLrUfjl

[No Petticoats Here @nopetticoats]

What a fantastic project. How long is the exhibition avail & in which museum? My #ww1 #women project tours Yorks Nov https://t.co/KaIG78Joik

[History Riot @History_Riot]

Great to see #IAmAFeminist trending with well articulated reason.

Gross to see trolling and repressive behaviour accompany it.

[Womankind Worldwide @woman_kind]

We are feminists because no woman in the world should face discrimination because they are a woman #IAmAFeminist #womensrights

[History Riot @History_Riot]

#TBT @HistoricalHippo of @TWTtheatre tells all abt female astronomers & civil war widows #WomensHistory

https://t.co/FfOLJwFNdy

[Historic England @HistoricEngland]

#BeatrixPotter was born 150 years ago.This is the view from her Grade II* house - Hill Top

https://t.co/7RCHy12O39