West of England & South Wales Women S History Network 16Th Annual Conference

West of England & South Wales Women’s History Network 16th Annual Conference

Sarum College, Salisbury: Saturday 10 July 2010

WOMEN AS PRODUCERS AND CONSUMERS IN HISTORY

PROGRAMME

9.30 REGISTRATION (and coffee/tea)

9.55 Welcome

10 – 11.15 Papers (choice of two)

A women and media

‘‘It costs nothing to wish’: fan cultures in British silent cinema’.

Lisa Stead, Dept of English, University of Exeter

‘Industrial production meets cultural production: new perspectives on working women from regional television news in the Midlands 1955-1980’. Gillian Murray, Centre for Urban History, University of Leicester

C women and work

‘Women as consumers and producers in the drink and food trades of early modern Edinburgh’. Cathryn Spence, University of Edinburgh

‘Women and children do the work of men’: women as producers in the English silk industry 1800-1850’. Gill James UWE and VCH Wiltshire

11.15 COFFEE/TEA

11.45 Keynote speaker: Rachel Worth, Professor of Fashion History, Arts University College, Bournemouth

Fashion for the people: women, clothing and Marks & Spencer

12.45 – 1.30 LUNCH

1.30 – 2.00 WE & SW WHN AGM

2.00 – 3.30 Papers (choice of two)

B women and art

‘From factory to studio: the changing artistic and cultural contexts of the female potter 1900 – 2000’. Laura Gray, Centre for Ceramics Research Cardiff School of Art

‘Accomplished ladies or professional women? The Birmingham Municipal School of Art and opportunities for women’s paid work in the late 19th – early 20th century’. Sally Hoban, University of Birmingham

D women and markets

‘Producing wealth in ancient Rome: the activities of businesswomen in the luxury goods market’. Linda McGuire, independent researcher

‘Mrs Pogossky and Miss Peacock: how two women promoted the Russian decorative arts to Edwardian Britain’. Louise Hardiman, Trinity Hall, Cambridge

‘Educators and activists; female consumer activists in the United States 1933 – 1953’. Eleanor Capper, University of Liverpool

3.30 – 3.50 pm TEA

3.50 – 5 pm Women’s history walk in The Close (Ruth Newman and Jane Howells)