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Laetitia Houblon’s Letters and Women on the Grand Tour, by Jessica Campbell

Posted on March 31, 2023 by readinghistory

During the eighteenth century, the Grand Tour became a popular phenomenon among the upper classes of English society. It became a rite of passage for aristocratic young men to spend anywhere between six months to four years travelling around Europe, … Continue reading →

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Nancy Astor and the Tommies of the First World War: An Image Gallery of Nancy Astor’s Correspondence with Samuel Deans, by Noah Strauss

Posted on March 31, 2023 by readinghistory

Besides taking her seat in Parliament as the MP for Plymouth a year after the close of the First World War, Nancy Astor is not often conflated with the period of the First World War and the immediate period following … Continue reading →

Posted in News, women's history month | Tagged archives, Astor, collections, history, History students, modern history, Nancy Astor, Placement, Special Collections, students, University of Reading, Women, women's history, women's history month | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: collections

Laetitia Houblon’s Letters and Women on the Grand Tour, by Jessica Campbell

Nancy Astor and the Tommies of the First World War: An Image Gallery of Nancy Astor’s Correspondence with Samuel Deans, by Noah Strauss

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