Recovering lost lives: researching women in legal history

Drawing on the research I undertook into the life of Gwyneth Bebb, who in 1913 challenged the Law Society of England and Wales for their refusal to admit women to the solicitors’ profession, this article focuses on the range of sources one might use to explore the lives of women in law, about whom there might be a few public records but little else, and on the ways in which sources, even official ones, might be imaginatively used. It traces the research process from the case that inspired the research (Bebb v The Law Society [1914] 1 Ch 286) through to the creation of an entry in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography and what this means for women’s history, emphasising the importance of asking the ‘woman question’ and seeking out the broader significance of a woman’s life in the context of her times.

Eunice Ford Stackhouse Biography - Accession 15 - M1 (1)

This collection consists of a biography of Eunice Ford Stackhouse (1885-1980) titled Eunice Ford Stackhouse: Educator and Civic Leader by Mary Frayser in 1959. Mrs. Stackhouse was an educator and civil leader. Mary Frayser includes excerpts and original correspondence of Mrs. Stackhouse in the publication.

Italian American women in Helen Barolini's Umbertina

This essay analyzes the story and the culture of Italian American women, in particular how they are treated in the novel "Umbertina" by Helen Barolini. The essay first introduces briefly the causes of the great migration and the conditions of immigrants in the US. Then the focus moves on the analysis of the main themes that belong to the genre of Italian American literature. After having shortly treated the biography of Helen Barolini and a general presentation of her novel Umbertina, the essay goes on with the description of its three Italian American female characters and, in particular, of what it meant to be both immigrants and women, together with all the interior and generational conflicts they had to face in order to accept their new hybrid identity. An analysis of some meaningful metaphorical objects in the novel, such as the tin heart and the bedspread, the metaphor of Persephone and of the threshold conclude the essay. Through the analysis of the story of Umbertina, this essay wants to show how migration can lead to a displacement and the kind of journey people had to undertake in order to overcome the conflicts deriving from their belonging to an in-between culture and to accept their hybrid identity.

The drawing-room portrait gallery of eminent personages : Principally from photographs by Mayall in Her Majesty's private collection, and from the studios of the most celebrated photographers in the Kingdom. Engraved on steel by D.J. Pound /

At head of title: Dedicated to Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen.

National Conference on Women's Health /

Shipping list no.: 86-525 (conference speakers; evaluation questionnaire and continuing education credit form).

Great men and famous women; a series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in history ...

--1,2. Soldiers and sailors. --3,4. Statesmen and sages. --5,6. Workmen and heroes. --7,8. Artists and authors.

Men and women of deep piety,

Mode of access: Internet.

Portraits and principles of the world's great men and women with practical lessons on successful life by over fifty leading thinkers.

Mode of access: Internet.

Men and women of the time; a dictionary of contemporaries.

Key to assumed names: p. [ix]-x; Necrology: p. 1247-1300.

Men and women of the time. A dictionary of contemporaries.

First-12th editions published under title: Men of the time.

Notable women in history; the lives of women who in all ages, all lands and in all womanly occupations have won fame and put their imprint on the world's history,

A group of classic dames.--Many queens and some martyrs.--Women of wit and pleasure.--Priestesses of woman's cause.--Some women of the footlights.--Women in arts and letters.--Women who stand alone.

Celebrities of the century : being a dictionary of men and women of the nineteenth century /

Mode of access: Internet.

Portrait gallery of eminent men and women of Europe and America : embracing history, statesmanship, naval and military life, philosophy, the drama, science, literature and art, with biographies /

Mode of access: Internet.

Brave men and women;

Mode of access: Internet.

Word portraits; character sketches of famous men and women,

Old William.--Empress Frederick.--Bismarck.--Johanna Bismarck.--Richter.--Holstein.--Waldersee.--Stoecker.--Gallifet.-- Ibsen.--Bocklin.--Charlotte Wolter.--Menzei.--Mitterwurzer.--Zola.--Lenbach.--Matkowsky.