Huge archive of northern women's history goes online

archivists and researchers combine to make 80 000 documents and photographs available at the click of a computer key

had regular rows when I was a student of women being excluded from history, a controversy that seems a bit old fashioned these days. But if recent history is unlikely to overlook the role of women, there is much of the last to get a date. As a new initiative from West Yorkshire file and the University of Huddersfield are sure to get plenty of use and enjoyment

is a site that starts on Friday 7 under the title

History to Herstory

, the latter term I remember the last ding-dong when Juliet Gardiner and Gordon Marsden was at the helm of the history of the magazine today. Later, he made a mighty work in the history of the world in the 1930s and World War II, while Marsden is a familiar part of life in the north and south of Blackpool Labour MP since 1997.

two are willing to pay for calls online

History of Herstory

out digital versions of over 80,000 documents related to women in Yorkshire 19th and 20th centuries. This includes the stars of the province known as the Bronte sisters and Amy Johnson, but also thousands of people currently have no monument, but to live an exciting and informative.

funded by JISC, before the Committee on Information Systems leading universities, which gave Huddersfield uni £ 42,545 and £ 11,601 paid, the site links to all documents online the fate of the original joint venture. Most are in the archives of West Yorkshire, but with substantial contributions from Huddersfield and the Universities of Hull and the Bronte Society. Naturally, the organizers are interested in learning more.

Katy Goodrum

West Yorkshire Archive Service, said:

We certainly do not want to deprive people of the ability to see the originals, but the website means that you do not have to travel halfway around the world to use the material. The main thing for me is a huge amount that is in the words of women, which is quite rare.

• The notion of Web site may be familiar to some researchers, from a previous version was attempted in 2002 but only worked clunkily. It showed that demand was there, however, Huddersfield files and made a convincing case for a full and reboot.
• have been helped by recent examples of research on women's lives that led to a great work history and accessible to all -. Jill Liddington such as study of sufragettes girls rebels and the great interest of Anne Lister of Shibden Hall

historian Professor Tim Thornton, pro-vice chancellor of teaching and learning of Huddersfield, calls the project:

A great example of underutilized resources back into public view.

His colleague, Dr. Rob Ellis of the Department of History at UNI, said:

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