A Room of One’s Own, Virginia Woolf, 1929
Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own was first published on 24 October 1929 and over the course of the following decades established itself as the ‘foundation stone’ of twentieth-century literary feminism. A hybrid text (part essay, part lecture, part … Read more
First published law textbooks on ‘Women and Law’ written by women lawyers in Great Britain, 1924-34
In the fifteen years following the admission of women to the legal professions in England, Wales and Scotland under the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919, three important textbooks focusing on the law as it related to women were published in … Read more
Women’s Peace Camp at Greenham Common
The Women’s Peace Camp at Greenham Common demonstrated power of feminist activism in the peace movement.
DPP v Jonathan Cape and Leopold Hill (1928)
DPP v Jonathan Cape and Leopold Hill – the “Well of Loneliness” case – gave legal and social visibility to lesbianism.
A Pageant of Great Women
A Pageant of Great Women, by Cicely Hamilton, presented arguments for women’s enfranchisement.
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792)
Published in 1792, Wollstonecraft’s ‘A Vindication of the Rights of Woman’ was a pioneering call for equality.
Women and the Law by Susan Atkins and Brenda Hoggett (1984)
Women and the Law was the first textbook on women and law.
Feminist Legal Studies Journal
Feminist perspectives and scholarship found a home in the Feminist Legal Studies journal.
A Brief Summary of the Most Important Laws Concerning Women (1854)
A Brief Summary in Plain Language of the Most Important Laws Concerning Women, by Barbara Bodichon, set out the law which shaped and underpinned campaigns for women’s rights.