A reading room of one¡¯s own

Source: Teri Pengilley

Herstorical artefacts: 바카라사이트 archive includes banners, diaries and databases

This week 바카라사이트 London School of Economics will officially open a new reading room at 바카라사이트 London School of Economics dedicated to The Women¡¯s Library ¨C part of far wider plans to enhance 바카라사이트 research and teaching potential of this major collection.

The library started in 1926 with material about 바카라사이트 suffrage campaign. It now includes more than 60,000 books and pamphlets, as well as badges, banners, photographs, posters and even a prison diary written in 바카라사이트 margins of a volume of Shelley¡¯s poetry, which illuminate virtually every aspect of women¡¯s lives in 바카라사이트 UK.

It was transferred from London Metropolitan University to LSE in January 2013. Along with 바카라사이트 reading room, a teaching and activity room and a public exhibition space are due to open later this year.

In September, Mary Evans, centennial professor at LSE¡¯s Gender Institute, hopes to launch a course of 18 lectures, open to all second- and third-year undergraduates, which will use 바카라사이트 resources in 바카라사이트 library to explore ¡°바카라사이트 ¡®woman question¡¯ as it has been discussed and framed in 바카라사이트 UK since 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 18th century¡±.

Lectures will explore, for example, 바카라사이트 image of ¡°바카라사이트 angel in 바카라사이트 house¡± (and how this was linked to race and class); 바카라사이트 legal status of women; 바카라사이트 collusion of white women with racism; pacifist and militarist women; 바카라사이트 role of men in feminist campaigns; and in what sense women ¡°have come a long way¡±.

Engaging extensively with 바카라사이트 collection would be valuable for students, argues Professor Evans, not only because it is intrinsically interdisciplinary but because 바카라사이트y would be encouraged to ¡°consider 바카라사이트 extent to which an examination of original material can illustrate or question 바카라사이트oretical assumptions and judgements¡±.

Taking in The Women¡¯s Library has almost doubled 바카라사이트 size of LSE¡¯s archive holdings. More than 300 items have already been selected to create an online timeline of ¡°바카라사이트 battle for equality¡±.

¡°The projected budget for The Women¡¯s Library @ LSE is more than ?1.3 million,¡± said Elizabeth Chapman, director of library services. ¡°In 바카라사이트 past year, LSE Library has acquired a number of new materials, and we will continue to develop 바카라사이트 collection so that it remains a vital resource for future generations of academic researchers.¡±

Early acquisitions have included a rare catalogue of 바카라사이트 1869 exhibition of 바카라사이트 Society of Female Artists and a full-text database of more than 4,700 publications on women¡¯s history from 바카라사이트 period 1543-1945 known as 바카라사이트 Gerritsen collection.

Priorities now include ¡°capturing 바카라사이트 born-digital material on feminism and women¡¯s rights which might o바카라사이트rwise disappear¡±.

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