Category Archives: women’s history

2018 – celebrating women’s suffrage

Posted on January 1, 2018 by rosblack

  As we enter 2018, we will be hearing a lot more about women’s fight for political equality, celebrating 100 years since females were allowed to vote. Most of the women I have written about have strong links to the … Continue reading →

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Former Chailey scholar, Jack Hayward, writes a review:

Posted on October 23, 2017 by rosblack

Grace Kimmins and her Chailey Heritage. By Ros Black.   Even with my close association with the Heritage Craft Schools in my formative years at Chailey and a personal knowledge of Grace Kimmins, later Dame, I found this book to … Continue reading →

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GRACE KIMMINS – ‘A SMALL WOMAN WITH A BIG HEART’

Posted on September 24, 2017 by rosblack

Grace Kimmins has been called many things: ‘a genius’, ‘the greatest beggar in England’, ‘a small woman with a big heart’,’a pied piper’, one of the greatest English women of the twentieth century’, ‘a goddess with a chuckle’, ‘a spiritual … Continue reading →

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Posted on March 8, 2016 by rosblack

CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY Every day I seem to discover a new heroine – a woman who was prepared to break the mould of subservient womanhood. As my particular interest lies in the mid/late Victorian period, most of my heroines  … Continue reading →

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Catherine Booth – of Salvation Army fame but also a temperance reformer

Posted on March 28, 2015 by rosblack

Photo of Catherine Booth in Clacton-on-Sea in 1889, courtesy of The Salvation Army International Heritage Centre. Catherine is best known for her work with her husband, William Booth, in founding The Salvation Army. She was deeply religious and she pioneered … Continue reading →

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What the Temperance Movement did for us?

Posted on March 2, 2015 by rosblack

I have just done a live interview on Newstalk Radio, Dublin http://www.newstalk.com They had picked up on the press release for Scandal Salvation and Suffrage – The Amazing Women of The Temperance Movement from the publisher http://www.troubador.co.uk The presenter, Tara, … Continue reading →

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SARAH ROBINSON – THE SOLDIERS’ FRIEND

Posted on November 25, 2014 by rosblack

Let me introduce you to Sarah, another great character who is featured in my forthcoming book Scandal, Salvation & Suffrage – the Amazing Women of The Temperance Movement (due out 28th March 2015). Sarah overcame her physical disabilities to set … Continue reading →

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