From 21 March 2022 hitting children is illegal in Wales. More and more countries are abolishing corporal punishment and its end is inevitable. https://localhistories.org/a-history-of-corporal-punishment/
A blog about history and true crime. Historical trivia and stories about true crime.
Monday, 21 March 2022
Sunday, 20 March 2022
Women artists
I wrote a timeline of women artists. There have been famous women artists since the Middle Ages. Unfortunately in the 19th and 20th centuries, there were so many I could not mention them all. https://localhistories.org/a-timeline-of-women-artists/
Thursday, 17 March 2022
Margaret Bondfield
Margaret Bondfield was born on 17 March 1873. In 1929 she became the first woman cabinet minister in Britain. (She was minister of labour). https://localhistories.org/a-timeline-of-womens-rights-uk/
Wednesday, 16 March 2022
Jews in York
On 16 March 1190 Jews were massacred in York https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/cliffords-tower-york/history-and-stories/massacre-of-the-jews/
Tuesday, 15 March 2022
History of Slavery
I have revamped my history of slavery localhistories.org/a-brief-history-of-slavery
Monday, 14 March 2022
The History of Female Hair Removal
I found this interesting article about the history of female hair removal https://womensmuseum.wordpress.com/2017/11/22/the-history-of-female-hair-removal/#:~:text=The%20practice%20of%20removing%20female,and%20considered%20pubic%20hair%20uncivilized.
Sunday, 13 March 2022
A History of Carmarthen
I wrote a short history of the little Welsh town of Carmarthen localhistories.org/a-history-of-carmarthen