History to Herstory

A new website has recently been launched – hosted by the University of Huddersfield, developed in partnership with West Yorkshire Archives Service and funded by JISC – that puts the spotlight on Yorkshire women in history.

Using the website, researchers, archivists and the general public can now explore a vast online archive of diaries, letters, journals, minutes and other written material plus photographs and artworks that tell the story of women’s lives as led in the home, the workplace, the political arena and even the mental asylum.

More than 80,000 documents that uncover the lives led by Yorkshire women such as Charlotte Brontë in the 19th and 20th centuries are now online at www.historytoherstory.org.uk. Visit the website to find out more