100 years after votes for women, these are the women who have helped change York

History has been written by men for men, in other words. If an alien who had been learning about us by reading our history came to Earth, she/he/it would be surprised to learn that women actually made up just over 50 per cent of the population, Kate says. Women are so absent from history books, […]

Stories of York’s influential women in spotlight at York Explore

A LOCAL community project is putting on a celebration to showcase the brave and spirited women who have made an impact on York over the last century. Herstory York will be performing a presentation at the library, York Explore, next Saturday, December 15 to help ensure that the stories of influential women are told, celebrated […]

York-based women’s history group plans to tell Herstory

YORK history group Herstory is hosting a presentation to showcase its work to make invisible women of the past century visible again. As part of the Heritage Open Days festival, Herstory will be sharing what it has discovered so far about the forgotten women who have changed society for the better. The group will be […]

York women’s group is looking for new members

WOMEN’S group Herstory.York is seeking additional members. The group’s aim is to research 100 women whose stories have remained largely untold, but who have effected change in the city. These women were active between 1918, when some women were able to vote for the first time, and 2018 and the project aims to highlight their […]