Over the last few months a  new feminist project has been occupying a small group of feminist historians at the University of Sussex.  #MorethanAssistants is inspired by the history of feminist interventions in Historical practice.

We are concerned with

• The burden of responsibility on those few female figures who manage to earn a space in the public realm.
• The disproportionate shaming of young women for unruly behaviour.
• The power of playful, messy, feminism.
• The importance of carrying our sisterhood with us, whether physically, virtually or emotionally
• The power of being in the wrong place.

You can hear more about the assistants on this PRBH radio interview from 1.07 to 1.31

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