Not for Want of Trying

A legal history podcast that uncovers key events in women’s legal history during the Interwar years. Join Erika Rackley and Sharon Thompson as they talk to leading experts about key legal landmarks for women and why they still matter today.

Not for Want of Trying is a history podcast hosted by Women’s Legal Landmarks, with 13 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Women’s Legal Landmarks hosts Not for Want of Trying, a history show with 13 episodes published.

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  Episode #24

  ‘Born this way’: Sexual Inversion, Obscenity and The Well of Loneliness (Prof Caroline Derry)

  Aug 18, 202622 min

  The Well of Loneliness tells the story of Stephen Gordon – her upbringing as a boy, her travels to Paris and relationships with women. While it was a book beloved by many, it was banned shortly after its publication for being criminally obscene. In this episode, we speak to Professor Caroline Derry about what this says about attitudes towards lesbianism in the 1920s, and what The Well of Loneliness and its author, Radclyffe Hall, can tell us about queer politics today. You can find out more about women’s legal landmarks in the UK and Ireland in the Women’s Legal Landmarks books https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/womens-legal-landmarks-9781782259794/ https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/womens-legal-landmarks-in-the-interwar-years-9781509969746/ Instagram: @womenslegallandmarks Website: https://womenslegallandmarks.com/ Sponsored by Hart Publishing, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing @hart_publishing Artwork: Alex Ciciric Music credit: Goldfinch: Flight to the North, Axletree, Free Music Archive, CC BY 4.0 https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Axletree/erthe/goldfinch-flight-to-the-north/

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  Episode #23

  'Repeal the 8th’: The Power and Fragility of Feminist and Grassroots Campaigning (Prof Fiona de Londras)

  Aug 11, 202631 min

  In this episode, we speak to Professor Fiona de Londras about the 'Repeal the 8th' campaign in Ireland, which led to the abolition of the constitutional ban on abortion. We’ll be asking what happened next, and its ongoing impact on reproductive autonomy and other social justice campaigns today. You can find out more about women’s legal landmarks in the UK and Ireland in the Women’s Legal Landmarks books https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/womens-legal-landmarks-9781782259794/ https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/womens-legal-landmarks-in-the-interwar-years-9781509969746/ Instagram: @womenslegallandmarks Website: https://womenslegallandmarks.com/ Sponsored by Hart Publishing, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing @hart_publishing Artwork: Alex Ciciric Music credit: Goldfinch: Flight to the North, Axletree, Free Music Archive, CC BY 4.0 https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Axletree/erthe/goldfinch-flight-to-the-north/

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  Episode #22

  The Case that Redefined Fairness on Divorce (Prof Jonathan Herring)

  Aug 4, 202620 min

  In this episode, we speak to Professor Jonathan Herring about how a case decided at the turn of the 21st century sent a powerful message about fairness, equality, and gender discrimination when assets are divided on divorce. You can find out more about women’s legal landmarks in the UK and Ireland in the Women’s Legal Landmarks books https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/womens-legal-landmarks-9781782259794/ https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/womens-legal-landmarks-in-the-interwar-years-9781509969746/ Instagram: @womenslegallandmarks Website: https://womenslegallandmarks.com/ Sponsored by Hart Publishing, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing @hart_publishing Artwork: Alex Ciciric Music credit: Goldfinch: Flight to the North, Axletree, Free Music Archive, CC BY 4.0 https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Axletree/erthe/goldfinch-flight-to-the-north/

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  Episode #21

  Inside the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (Anne Morris)

  Jul 28, 202632 min

  In this episode, we speak to Anne Morris (Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the Law School at the University of Liverpool) about the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, and what can be achieved when campaigners and law-makers are united in the desire to produce social change. You can find out more about women’s legal landmarks in the UK and Ireland in the Women’s Legal Landmarks books https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/womens-legal-landmarks-9781782259794/ https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/womens-legal-landmarks-in-the-interwar-years-9781509969746/ Instagram: @womenslegallandmarks Website: https://womenslegallandmarks.com/ Sponsored by Hart Publishing, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing @hart_publishing Artwork: Alex Ciciric Music credit: Goldfinch: Flight to the North, Axletree, Free Music Archive, CC BY 4.0 https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Axletree/erthe/goldfinch-flight-to-the-north/

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  Episode #20

  The Married Woman Versus the Money Lender (Prof Rosemary Auchmuty)

  Jul 21, 202618 min

  In this episode, we speak to Professor Rosemary Auchmuty about why conveyancing and home ownership is such a critical part of women’s liberation, and how these issues were confronted in the courtroom. You can find out more about women’s legal landmarks in the UK and Ireland in the Women’s Legal Landmarks books https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/womens-legal-landmarks-9781782259794/ https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/womens-legal-landmarks-in-the-interwar-years-9781509969746/ Instagram: @womenslegallandmarks Website: https://womenslegallandmarks.com/ Sponsored by Hart Publishing, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing @hart_publishing Artwork: Alex Ciciric Music credit: Goldfinch: Flight to the North, Axletree, Free Music Archive, CC BY 4.0 https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Axletree/erthe/goldfinch-flight-to-the-north/

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