Sheila Rowbotham's Dreamers of the New Day: Women Who Invented the Twentieth Century covers from the 1880s to the start of World War I, and is entirely successful in proving that there's nothing ...

In the heady days of 1880s nonconformity two middle-class renegades, Miriam Daniell and Helena Born, forged an intense friendship. Together with their lovers, union militant Robert Nicol and craftsman ...

As we come together today to celebrate the achievements of our History graduates, and wish them well on their future paths, it is hard to imagine a more inspiring or appropriate Honorary Graduand than ...

In January, Sheila Rowbotham presented her latest work, Edward Carpenter: A Life of Liberty and Love (2008), at a conference at UCLA, which was cosponsored by the Center for the Study of Women and the ...

Part political chronicle, part emotional narrative, Sheila Rowbotham’s Rebel Crossings brings hidden stories into detailed, sympathetic view. By Melissa Benn Sheila Rowbotham’s latest book plunges us ...

Sheila Rowbotham: ‘People ought to be able to speak about what they believe in’ The feminist veteran’s latest book is a memoir of her campaigning in the Seventies, but the battles of yesteryear remain ...

There’s a tension at the heart of biographies of radicals. No matter how much they emphasize the “times” in their exploration of “the life and times,” biographies are pushed by the conventions of the ...

Kate Crosby and Sarah Shaw share their research into Buddhism with Rana Mitter, who is also joined by socialist feminist historian Sheila Rowbotham. Show more Helping start the Women's Liberation ...

Sheila Rowbotham recalls both the campaigns to organise female night cleaners in London from 1970, and the 1975 film by Marc Karlin about the same.

Fabric a hidden history of material. Sweden's first female PM. Domestic violence and femicide in Turkey. Arwa Mahdawi, Cinderella & Sexual Harassment in Schools Weekend Woman's Hour: Beverley Knight, ...

Kate Crosby and Sarah Shaw share their research into Buddhism with Rana Mitter, who is also joined by socialist feminist historian Sheila Rowbotham. Show more Helping start the Women's Liberation ...