Feminising the Archive and the Women of Derbyshire's Country Houses, c.1700-1850

Funder	Arts and Humanities Research Council
Recipient Organization	University of Sheffield
Country	United Kingdom
Start Date	Sep 30, 2024
End Date	Sep 29, 2027
Duration	1,094 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Student
Data Source	UKRI Gateway to Research
Grant ID	`2932159`

Grant Description

This project aims to contribute to the fields of women's history, public history, and archival science.

It centres on a largely unknown collection of women's letters at Derbyshire Record Office, uncovering for the first time the domestic lives and experiences of women at Derbyshire's country houses.

Alongside completing a PhD thesis, which will be based on this archival material, I will also be taking new steps to 'feminise' the archive and finding aids that have traditional prioritised male lives and experiences.