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Audubon Ballroon (he/him)<p>@mikeachim wrote the text and shared the pics below:</p><p>It’s a quiet day here in the [uk] so here’s an artist’s rendition (Chase Stone/Imperial College London) of what the [english] Channel looked like half a million years ago, just before a</p><p>(1/3)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/britishhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>britishhistory</span></a></p>
The Smartphone PhotographerVintage Vibes at the Black Country Living Museum. <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/BlackCountryMuseum?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlackCountryMuseum</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Birmingham?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Birmingham</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/History?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Vintage?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vintage</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Retro?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Retro</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/OldTown?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OldTown</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ClassicCars?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClassicCars</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/BritishHistory?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BritishHistory</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Museums?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Museums</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/WestMidlands?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WestMidlands</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Heritage?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Heritage</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/TimeTravel?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TimeTravel</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/OldBuildings?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OldBuildings</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/SmartphonePhotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmartphonePhotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Photography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Photography</a>
Claire Ridgway<p>I interviewed author Andrew Redfern about his brilliant upcoming book Minifigure Monarchs — 1200+ years of British history told in LEGO!<br>Read/watch our chat here <a href="https://bit.ly/4eX0nXd" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bit.ly/4eX0nXd</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://c.im/tags/LEGO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LEGO</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/MinifigureMonarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MinifigureMonarchs</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/BritishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BritishHistory</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Kickstarter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kickstarter</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/HistoryBook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryBook</span></a></p>
Willowbottom<p>What happens when Gemini AI can't separate content about hypothetical from actual history. </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Gemini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gemini</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/BritishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BritishHistory</span></a></p>
Jonathan Emmesedi<p>This July 12th, consider the possibility that the pioneer of religious toleration in Britain was James II.</p><p><a href="https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674073098" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">hup.harvard.edu/books/97806740</span><span class="invisible">73098</span></a></p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/JamesII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JamesII</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/BritishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BritishHistory</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Toleration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Toleration</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/EarlyModernHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EarlyModernHistory</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ScottSowerby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScottSowerby</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/July12th" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>July12th</span></a></p>
The Smartphone PhotographerVintage Beer Delivery. <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/vintagetruck?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vintagetruck</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/classicvehicles?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#classicvehicles</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/breweryhistory?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#breweryhistory</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/transportphotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#transportphotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/oldtimer?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oldtimer</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/blackcountrymuseum?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blackcountrymuseum</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/historictransport?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#historictransport</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/automotivephotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#automotivephotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/britishhistory?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#britishhistory</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/retrotruck?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrotruck</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/smartphonephotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#smartphonephotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/photography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photography</a>
Audubon Ballroon (he/him)<p>There have been 46 riots in england since 1196 against poverty, which is an average of one every 18 years. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_riots" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_</span><span class="invisible">riots</span></a> The rich only listen when poor people direct their anger against them.</p><p>The NHS and welfare state were created after world war 2, when poor people had just been taught how to kill; so the wealthy were scared of what the poor would do if they didn't support them.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/britishhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>britishhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/britishmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>britishmastodon</span></a></p>
German Historical Institute London<p>⏰ Applications close 31 July 2025. 🔗 For more details: <a href="https://www.ghil.ac.uk/opportunities/prizes" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.ghil.ac.uk/oppor...</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23dissertation" target="_blank">#dissertation</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23historyphd" target="_blank">#historyphd</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23phdprize" target="_blank">#phdprize</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23historystudent" target="_blank">#historystudent</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23historian" target="_blank">#historian</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23germanhistory" target="_blank">#germanhistory</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23britishhistory" target="_blank">#britishhistory</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23colonialhistory" target="_blank">#colonialhistory</a> 3/3</p>
Audubon Ballroon (he/him)<p>The 'forgotten' army of 400,000 Muslim soldiers who fought in Great War trenches for Britain</p><p><a href="https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/forgotten-army-400000-muslim-soldiers-10325190" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">birminghammail.co.uk/news/midl</span><span class="invisible">ands-news/forgotten-army-400000-muslim-soldiers-10325190</span></a></p><p>I understand that asians profit from anti-Black suffering (proof: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@audubonballroon/114111650250527218" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@audubonballro</span><span class="invisible">on/114111650250527218</span></a> ); but I stand for everyone though especially for Black People</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/muslim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>muslim</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wworldwar1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wworldwar1</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/asianmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>asianmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blackmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blackmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/asianhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>asianhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/britishhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>britishhistory</span></a></p>
CarveHerName<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a>, 28 June 1838, Victoria was crowned as Queen of Great Britain. She was 18 years old, and reigned for 63 years.</p><p>Her reign saw a huge colonial expansion of the British Empire.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomenInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WomenInHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OTD</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomensHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WomensHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BritishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BritishHistory</span></a></p>
Hacker News<p>Does a Focus on Royalty Obscure British History?</p><p><a href="https://www.historytoday.com/archive/head-head/does-focus-royalty-obscure-british-history" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">historytoday.com/archive/head-</span><span class="invisible">head/does-focus-royalty-obscure-british-history</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Royalty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Royalty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BritishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BritishHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HistoryDebate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryDebate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HistoricalPerspective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoricalPerspective</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RoyalFamily" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RoyalFamily</span></a></p>
CarveHerName<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a>, 25 June 1983, around 2,000 women create a 4.5mile rainbow snake to encircle the Greenham Common camp in England, protesting the use of the airbase to house US nuclear weapons.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GreenhamWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GreenhamWomen</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BritishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BritishHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomenInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WomenInHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OTD</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomensHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WomensHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Histodons</span></a></p>
WerkstattGeschichte<p>Der britische Feldmarschall &amp; Politiker Herbert <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Kitchener" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kitchener</span></a>, heute vor 175 Jahren geb., war ein populärer, aber wegen seines brutalen, verbrecherischen Vorgehens umstrittener militärischer »Held« des <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Empire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Empire</span></a>, so:<br>➡ Patrick Wagner, Empire’s hero is coming home. <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/LordKitchener" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LordKitchener</span></a> of Khartum: Symbolfigur einer autoritären Option für das <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Gro%C3%9Fbritannien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Großbritannien</span></a> der »edwardianischen Krise«, <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/WerkstattGeschichte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WerkstattGeschichte</span></a> 43/2006, <a href="https://werkstattgeschichte.de/abstracts/nr-43-patrick-wagner/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">werkstattgeschichte.de/abstrac</span><span class="invisible">ts/nr-43-patrick-wagner/</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/historikerinnen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>historikerinnen</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>histodons</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/BritishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BritishHistory</span></a></p>
Dig: A History Podcast<p>Female Husbands, or People Have Always Transed Gender</p><p><a href="https://digpodcast.org/2025/06/23/female-husbands-or-people-have-always-transed-gender/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">digpodcast.org/2025/06/23/fema</span><span class="invisible">le-husbands-or-people-have-always-transed-gender/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AverillsBookLoveInTheLav" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AverillsBookLoveInTheLav</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BritishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BritishHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/LGBTQHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SocialHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TransHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/USHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/WomensHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomensHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>podcast</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>histodons</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> @histodons</p>
Tats 🇬🇧🫖<p>Black Tudors - Miranda Kaufmann</p><p>A new, transformative history – in Tudor times there were Black people living and working in Britain, and they were free</p><p>‘This is history on the cutting edge of archival research, but accessibly written and alive with human details and warmth.’&nbsp;David Olusoga, author of&nbsp;Black and British: A Forgotten History</p><p>A black porter publicly whips a white Englishman in the hall of a Gloucestershire manor house. A Moroccan woman is baptised in a London church. Henry VIII dispatches a Mauritanian diver to salvage lost treasures from the&nbsp;Mary Rose. From long-forgotten records emerge the remarkable stories of Africans who lived free in Tudor England…</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/BlackHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHistory</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BritishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BritishHistory</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>histodons</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.mirandakaufmann.com/black-tudors.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mirandakaufmann.com/black-tudo</span><span class="invisible">rs.html</span></a></p>
Audubon Ballroon (he/him)<p>Shifty S01E01 released in 2025</p><p>Mrs Thatcher was behind in the 1979 election campaign. Then she made a speech attacking immigration. She knew it would appeal to the swing voters in the</p><p>(1/6)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blackwomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blackwomen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blackbritish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blackbritish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blackpeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blackpeople</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/whitepeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>whitepeople</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/asian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>asian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/britishhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>britishhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blackmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blackmastodon</span></a></p>
CarveHerName<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a>, 11 Jun 1987, Diane Abbott is elected to the British Parliament. She is the first Black woman to become an MP.</p><p>Abbott has held shadow cabinet posts in the Labour party, and is the longest serving Black MP. She currently holds the title &quot;Mother of the House&quot;, given to the female MP with the longest uninterrupted service in the House of Commons.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomenInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WomenInHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OTD</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomensHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WomensHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BritishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BritishHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Histodons</span></a></p>
CarveHerName<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a>, 7 Jun 1968, 187 women working at the Ford car factory in Dagenham, UK, go on strike demanding recognition as skilled workers.</p><p>They are led by Rosie Boland and Lil O&#39;Callaghan. After three weeks they win concessions as production had to be shut down. The strike was one of the triggers for the Equal Pay Act 1970 that made it illegal to pay women and men differently if they are doing the same job.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomenInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WomenInHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OTD</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BritishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BritishHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MadeInDagenham" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MadeInDagenham</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Histodons</span></a></p>
CarveHerName<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a>, 7 Jun 1929, Margaret Bondfield becomes Minister of Labour in the UK government. She is the first woman to hold a British Cabinet post. </p><p>[photo (c) National Portrait Gallery London]</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomenInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WomenInHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OTD</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomensHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WomensHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BritishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BritishHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Histodons</span></a></p>
CarveHerName<p>&quot;There can be no doubt that we are witnessing another historic advance in the struggle against discrimination in our society, this time against discrimination on grounds of sex.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a>, 29 May 1970, the Equal Pay Act receives Royal Assent in the UK. It&#39;s seen as the lasting legacy of Barbara Castle MP and means men and women doing the same job should receive the same pay.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EqualPay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EqualPay</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BritishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BritishHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomenInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WomenInHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OTD</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomensHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WomensHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Histodons</span></a></p>