Not for Want of Trying
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<p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">A podcast exploring the landmark cases, campaigns and legislation that have shaped women's rights in the UK and Ireland.</span></p>
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8/28/2024
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Recent Episodes
July 1, 2026
How a 19th Century Pamphlet Sparked a Revolution (Prof Joanne Conaghan)
In this episode, we speak to Professor Joanne Conaghan about the power of information, and of how an 18-page pamphlet written by a 27 year old from the small village of Robertsbridge in Sussex led to a revolution in women’s legal rights. 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/
June 24, 2026
The First Rape Crisis Centre: How a Movement Became a Lifeline (Prof Alison Diduck)
Welcome to series 2 of Not for Want of Trying, a podcast exploring the landmark cases, campaigns and legislation that have shaped women's rights in the UK and Ireland. In this episode, we speak to Alison Diduck – Professor of Law at University College London – about the founding of the first rape crisis centre and how the commitment of the original London Rape Crisis Collective continues to inspire 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/ Additional music credit: We are very grateful to Lorraine Segato of The Parachute Club for granting us permission to use a clip from the song Rise Up.
June 17, 2026
Women and the Law (Lady Hale and Dr Atkins)
Welcome to series 2 of Not for Want of Trying, a podcast exploring the landmark cases, campaigns and legislation that have shaped women's rights in the UK and Ireland. Women and the Law – published in 1984 – was the first book in the UK to examine comprehensively the law’s treatment of women. In this episode, we speak to the book's authors – Dr Susan Atkins and Lady Hale – about structural inequalities based on sex and whether a feminist focus on law and its reform remains as necessary 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/ Women and the law is available to read for free here: https://uolpress.co.uk/book/women-and-the-law/ 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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