Research interests: 'First wave' feminism in France, with particular
reference to the inter-war period: French political and constitutional
history: the French Senate; impact of parity legislation.
Research interest: Director of AHRC research project 'Gendering Latin American Independence: Women's Political Culture and the Textual Construction of Gender 1790-1850'. Interest also in 19th-20thC women's writing, history and culture in Spain, Cuba, Argentina and Colombia.