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Women’s Legal Landmarks
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Not for Want of Trying

A legal history podcast that uncovers key events in women’s legal history during the Interwar years. Join Erika Rackley and Sharon Thompson as they talk to leading experts about key legal landmarks for women and why they still matter today.

  1. 22 NOV

    Episode 12: When Elsy Borders Took on the Speculative Building Trade

    In this final episode, we speak to Professor Rosemary Auchmuty about how Elsy Borders’ remarkable case against her building society in the 1930s not only led to changes in law, but was also part of a bigger story about women, property, and justice.   Music credit: Goldfinch: Flight to the North, Axletree, Free Music Archive, CC BY 4.0

    14 min

  2. 15 NOV

    Episode 11: Law, Literature, and 'A Room of One's Own'

    Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own is a foundation stone of 20th century literary feminism, but its relevance to feminist law reform is often overlooked. In this episode, we speak to Dr Madeleine Davies about the contemporary impact of Virginia Woolf’s work and the ongoing power of her succinct plea for a room of one’s own and five hundred a year.   Music credit: Goldfinch: Flight to the North, Axletree, Free Music Archive, CC BY 4.0

    23 min

  3. 8 NOV

    Episode 10: The Long Road to Equal Parenthood - Guardianship of Infants Act 1925

    In this episode, we speak to Lady Hale – former President of the UK Supreme Court – about the Guardianship of Infants Act 1925. We discuss how the issue of equal guardianship over children was of substantial importance to feminist campaigners of the 1920s, and why we should still be talking about this today.   Music credit: Goldfinch: Flight to the North, Axletree, Free Music Archive, CC BY 4.0

    20 min

  4. 1 NOV

    Episode 9: Sacked for Being Married - How Teachers Fought Back

    In the interwar period and beyond, many women were fired from their jobs as teachers, civil servants, and clerical and post office workers, simply because they were married. In this episode, we speak to Dr Harriet Samuels about the marriage bar, and how the history of married women's unemployment is an often overlooked, yet vital part of the story of women's fight for equality.   Music credit: Goldfinch: Flight to the North, Axletree, Free Music Archive, CC BY 4.0

    28 min

  5. 25 OCT

    Episode 8: The Vote Was Just the Beginning - Feminist Organisations Between the Wars

    By 1928, equal franchise had been won. But for feminists of the day, this was only the beginning. In this episode, Professor Sharon Thompson discusses why the women's movement in the 1920s and 30s laid the foundations for later feminist fights, and why so much of this activity has been overlooked.   Music credit: Goldfinch: Flight to the North, Axletree, Free Music Archive, CC BY 4.0

    20 min

  6. 18 OCT

    Episode 7: The Indian Feminist Movement and the Former Suffragist - Campaigns to Protect Girls from Underage Marriage

    In 1929, both India and England and Wales enacted provisions seeking to protect young girls from underage marriage. How was it that both jurisdictions came to be talking about the age of consent at this time? In this episode, we talk to Dr Laura Lammasniemi and Dr Kanika Sharma about these important interwar reforms, and the role of British and Indian feminists in bringing them about.   Music credit: Goldfinch: Flight to the North, Axletree, Free Music Archive, CC BY 4.0

    17 min

  7. 11 OCT

    Episode 6: 'Better a Pet Dog with a Temper than a Wife with a Venomous Tongue' - Wives, Husbands and Civil Liability for Wrongdoing

    Until the 1930s, when a married woman committed a civil wrong or tort, she would not be liable in the eyes of the law. Instead, her husband would be sued for her wrongdoing. In this episode, we speak to Professor Joanne Conaghan about the role of tort law in regulating relationships between husbands and wives, and its ability to promote economic and political equality.   Music credit: Goldfinch: Flight to the North, Axletree, Free Music Archive, CC BY 4.0

    17 min

  8. 4 OCT

    Episode 5: Mermaids, Quotas and the First Women Judges on the Industrial Court

    Before women could formally practise as lawyers, let alone sit as magistrates or judges, two women were appointed as judges in the Industrial Court. In this episode, Professor Erika Rackley discusses how this happened, as well as women’s representation on our courts and what - if anything - this has to do with Hans Christian Andersen’s 'Little Mermaid'.   Music credit: Goldfinch: Flight to the North, Axletree, Free Music Archive, CC BY 4.0

    22 min
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A legal history podcast that uncovers key events in women’s legal history during the Interwar years. Join Erika Rackley and Sharon Thompson as they talk to leading experts about key legal landmarks for women and why they still matter today.

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