On 25 January 2017, we organised a training day for our War Widows' Stories volunteer interviewers at London's YHA St Pauls. Thanks to the Heritage Lottery Fund and to the Oral History Society, our interviewers had the chance to learn about oral history and its roots, as well as becoming familiar with how to conduct [...]
Today, on 12 November 2016 at 12.30PM, members of the War Widows’ Association of Great Britain (WWA), their families, friends, supporters, and guests will gather for the War Widows' Association's Annual Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph. We will meet in King Charles Street at noon to walk the short distance to the Cenotaph, where the [...]
Today, on Armistice Day, Mary Moreland (WWA Chair Elect) and Dr Nadine Muller officially launched War Widows' Stories by appearing live on Radio 4's Woman's Hour. Talking to Jenni Murray at the BBC's Old Broadcasting House in London, Mary and Nadine shared the motivation behind the project and explained why War Widows' Stories is such [...]
We are thrilled to announce that War Widows' Stories has received a Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) Sharing Heritage grant. Commenting on the award, Dr Nadine Muller - the project leader - said: “War widowhood is an inevitable and undeniable, yet largely forgotten, part of war. War Widows’ Stories wants to help afford these women their rightful place in history [...]
Every year, we celebrate and commemorate the lives and sacrifices of those who have fought and fallen in service for their country. Still, we know little about the lives and experiences of the wives and families that service personnel and veterans leave behind. They are not commemorated as heroes. We do not talk about their [...]
At the moment, this website will keep you up to date with news about the project. You can also learn about the history of war widowhood in Britain on our History pages. In our Library you can find out about novels, poetry, art, and newspaper articles that feature war widows. Once we have trained our volunteers in oral [...]
War Widows’ Stories is a collaborative project between Dr Nadine Muller (Liverpool John Moores University) and the War Widows’ Association of Great Britain, and it is funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council, the British Academy, Arts Council England, the Heritage Lottery Fund, and Liverpool John Moore University. THE PROJECT TEAM Dr Nadine Muller is [...]
Below you can find the press release for our project and its funding. If you'd like to have a custom article, conduct and interview with us about the project, or require images or other information, please contact us here. War Widows' Stories Project Celebrates Award from Heritage Lottery Fund What is it like to be a [...]
