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Working from home some daily tips One of my positive aims is to start using more technology to support students But here from 1981 Judith Hahn is trialling the latest telephone answering machine using a variety of tape recorders some costing over £160. It doesn’t show the real issue that everyone with cassettes - remembers the amount of time trying to wind up and unravel tapes that had got pulled out! https://twitter.com/BBCArchive/status/1240669359845961728 “there never was a time when Englishwomen had fairer opportunities.” Currently reading ladies cant climb ladders by the great Jane Robinson p. 23 – courtesy of lse library https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/111/1116416/ladies-can_t-climb-ladders/9780857525871.html this alerted me to this great source. 'Englishwoman's Yearbook'. This publication provided a list of all the institutions and societies which existed for the benefit of women and children. It was originally edited by From 1873 by Louisa Hubbard . Printed copies are in the LSE women’s library. https://librarysearch.lse.ac.uk/permalink/f/29c749/44LSE_ALMA_DS21140340160002021 but the internet archive has some digitised gems like this one from 1899. Use it to locate facts about the types of jobs open to women where they could study and advice on their prospects and wages., The preface has a very inspiring section on improving opportunities. https://ia600207.us.archive.org/15/items/englishwomansye01unkngoog/englishwomansye01unkngoog.pdf librarians poor remuneration and limited outlook. Average wages p.57. best wishes Heather Dawson https://socialsciencecurrentawareness.wordpress.com/ Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=archives-nra