Vera Douie Fellowship
at The Women’s Library, London Metropolitan University
The Women’s Library is pleased to announce a visiting fellowship for
original research in The Women’s Library Collections. The fellow will also
arrange a public programme resulting from the research.
The fellowship is for £4,500 for a minimum of two months and does not
include travel or accommodation costs. The fellow will have use of a
carrel at The Women’s Library.
Applications are particularly encouraged for work:
 On newly available collections such as the National Federation of Women’s
Institutes, the Josephine Butler Society pamphlet collection which is
currently being catalogued, The Girls’ Friendly Society, our periodicals
and zines collection.
 Research related to our exhibition programme. During this period we will
also be working towards a major exhibition looking at debates around
prostitution from Josephine Butler onwards so applications related to this
area are also encouraged. We are also interested in applications using
collections related to women in education and girls education.
 Research on our visual materials collection and explorations which will
enhance their use for teaching.
 However, applications relating to other aspects of the collections will
be given equal consideration.
The private donor of the fellowships has requested that applications from
women over 35 should be given priority.
The fellowship, which will be available each year for the following three
years, will commence in September 2005. It is open to anyone currently not
employed full time by a HE Institution and it is not necessary to have a
post graduate degree.
The fellowship is affiliated to the Centre for Gender Studies at London
Metropolitan University.
How to Apply
1. Write a proposal of 500 words giving details of the research you want to
undertake and what kind of public programme might result and who it is
aimed at (public event, display, seminar, workshop etc)
2. Enclose your CV
3. Give the names of two referees
Please send your applications to Antonia Byatt, Director, The Women’s
Library, London Metropolitan University, Old Castle Street, London, E1 7NT,
or email to: [log in to unmask] The closing date is Friday 27 May
2005.
Vera Douie became the librarian of the London National Society for Women's
Service at the Women's Service Library at Marsham St, London between 1926
and her retirement in 1967. In this role she was the moving force behind
the collection that was the forerunner to the present Women’s Library. She
was active in the women's movement throughout her life and was particularly
involved in the Association for Moral and Social Hygiene. During the Second
World War she was a fervent campaigner for equal rights and published 'The
Lesser Half' on behalf of the Women's Publicity Planning Association in
1943, examining the 'laws, regulations and practices introduced during the
present war, which embody discrimination against women'. After the war, she
also published 'Daughters of Britain: an account of the work of British
women during the Second World War' (1950). When she retired in 1967, she
was awarded the OBE for her life's work. She died in 1979.
|