Labour, historian, feminist, author, LWN trainer & Leeds Utd fan, so accustomed to winning, losing and living in hope. (Pic: Emily Goldie)
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Really looking forward to it too!
Remember the dead, fight for the living. #IWMD
Well I never, who’d have thought it!
Nan Sloane
Thank you Hungary. A little hope was long overdue.
Episode one of #UnholyHistories is here!
We were joined by historian Nan Sloane and Annie Laurie Gaylor (@ffrf.org) to explore the women who challenged the church, defied biblical expectations of subservience, and fought for reason and equality at great personal cost.
Solidarity with @stellacreasy. Online (or offline) hatred and abuse of MPs, councillors and other public representatives weakens our democracy and diminishes us all. @jocoxfoundation.bsky.social @labourwomensnet.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In 1929 a middle-aged working-class woman became Britain's first female cabinet minister. Thanks to
@ruthfox.bsky.social and Mark D'Arcy for inviting me onto the
@hansardsociety.bsky.social podcast to talk about how Margaret Bondfield got there and why we have since almost forgotten her.
Join @nansloane.bsky.social at the Lake District Book Festival to learn more about her book on Britain's first female cabinet minister, Margaret Bondfield.
📆 Sat 13 June 2026, 12-1PM
📍 Cartmel Racecourse, The Humphrey Head Tent, LA11 6QF
🎟️ bit.ly/4t0t9fS
Nan Sloane
Nan Sloane
Nan Sloane
She wasn’t a suffragette. She came through the trade unions. And history didn’t quite know what to do with her.
Margaret Bondfield was Britain’s 1st female cabinet minister, so why is she barely remembered?
Her biographer @nansloane.bsky.social joins us to explain.
Listen now: buff.ly/RYXZLuB
#OnThisDay, 11 Mar 2006 and 11 Mar 2014, Michelle Bachelet was sworn in as President of Chile. She was the first woman to hold the role, and the first to be re-elected to it.
Humanists UK
Nan Sloane
Nan Sloane
Bloomsbury Politics & Area Studies
Hansard Society
Carve Her Name
1/ 97 years ago Margaret Bondfield was appointed as the first woman Cabinet Minister. She is one of the most overlooked figures in British political history. A trade unionist who became the first woman in the British Cabinet, she took office just as the Great Depression struck. 🧵👇
