Research Topic
What difference did the 'Lib' make? Feminism and inequality in Britain since 1960
Supervisor: Selina Todd
I work on the social and political history of women in modern Britain. My DPhil research examines the impact of the Women's Liberation Movement in Britain through the life histories of women who grew up amidst the 'second wave' and Thatcher's premiership. I am interested in how ideas and achievements of the feminist movement intersect with neoliberal policies and discourses, and how the economy, class, and life stage shape women's engagement in political activism.
I was educated at Bryntirion Comprehensive School in South Wales, and Christ Church, Oxford. After graduating from my BA in 2020, I completed a PGDE at the Institute of Education and taught History in an East London secondary school and sixth form. I was awarded a Clarendon Scholarship to complete an MSt in History at Lincoln College, Oxford in 2022. My previous research projects have focused on class, community, and gender in South Wales during the Great Strike of 1984-5; pornographic magazines in 1970s Britain; and the emergence of underground techno subculture in post-1989 Berlin.