Western Association of Women Historians

PROMOTING THE INTERESTS OF WOMEN HISTORIANS

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Women’s History Network 27th Annual Conference

This conference is being held to commemorate the centenary of the granting of the parliamentary vote in Britain to certain categories of women aged 30 and over on 6th February 1918. We invite established scholars, postgraduate researchers, independent scholars, museum curators, local history groups and practitioners from a wide range of disciplines researching women’s suffrage […]

Call for Proposals: Women’s Suffrage and the Media, A special issue of American Journalism

American Journalism: A Journal of Media History announces a call for proposals for a special issue to be published in April 2019 to commemorate the adoption of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution that granted the women of all states the right to vote. We seek original historical research on the role of media in […]

About the WAWH

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The Western Association of Women Historians was founded in 1969 to promote the interests of women historians both in academic settings and in the field of history generally. The WAWH is the largest of the regional women's historical associations in the United States. Although the majority of our members come from the Western United States, we have members from across the United States, Canada, and other countries and encourage people from any geographic area to join and participate in the organization. The WAWH … Read more

The Networker

Cover - Spring 2019 Networker

The WAWH publishes The Networker, a newsletter that serves as the primary means of communication between the board and the membership. Published quarterly (with Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter issues), it contains regular news of members, information about jobs, awards, calls for papers, and resources, reports by graduate … Read more