Dr Victoria Dawson

@vsdawson

Freelance historian and interdisciplinary researcher for hire. Working class. Radical feminist. Socialist. Anti-fascist. Northern powerhouse. Learning German. PhD: Women and Rugby League: Gender, Class and Community 1880-1970.

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Dr Victoria Dawson@vsdawson· 1d

Saw this, thought of #TheArchers.

Dr Victoria Dawson@vsdawson· 10d

Last plug for this! TOMORROW! Come and hear about some wonderful women and girls who stood up for themselves and each other in 1920. @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social

Dr Victoria Dawson@vsdawson· 15d

Tuesday! Come and join me to hear about this working class women's struggle for better pay and conditions. #Skystorians #LabourHistory

Dr Victoria Dawson@vsdawson· 26d

What were the circumstances that led to 300 working-class women and girls striking in the summer of 1920? Join me on Tuesday 11 August at @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social to find out!

Dr Victoria Dawson@vsdawson· May 23

Me.

Image shows a pigeon standing in the side of a round basin cooling its head under a running tap.

Dr Victoria Dawson@vsdawson· May 16

Pick a Bond from photos you already have in your phone.

Photo shows a black cat laying on the floor in sunlight evidently shining through a window.

Dr Victoria Dawson@vsdawson· May 10

Hull! @collinstony.bsky.social is giving a talk on Hull and the General Strike on Tuesday 12 May, 12:30-13:30 at @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social. Free to attend, all welcome! #GeneralStrike100

Graphic reads: Hull and the General Strike, 100 Years Ago This Week, a talk by Professor Tony Collins. Tuesday 12 May, 12:30-13:30 at Hull History Centre.

Dr Victoria Dawson@vsdawson· Apr 3

This beauty by @collinstony.bsky.social!

Raising the Red Flag: Marxism, Labourism, and the Roots of British Communism 1884-1921, by Tony Collins

Dr Victoria Dawson@vsdawson· Mar 15

Well, Mars, this is not an egg shape, is it?

The picture shows a Galaxy Easter egg that is flat in shape, and therefore not shaped like an actual egg.

Dr Victoria Dawson@vsdawson· Dec 31

Without a doubt, DI Viv Deering. #TheArchers

Dr Victoria Dawson@vsdawson· Jul 14

Please let me recommend @sarahkendzior.bsky.social to you. Hiding in Plain Sight will be the perfect next book! To say it's revelatory is an understatement. It's also marvellously written.

Dr Victoria Dawson@vsdawson· Jun 28

My copy arrived this morning. This is the printed article.

Dr Victoria Dawson@vsdawson· Jun 21

Join @collinstony.bsky.social on Wed 25 June at 6:30pm at @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social for a talk and Q&A to celebrate the publication of his new biography, Roy Francis: Rugby’s Forgotten Black Leader. Email hullhistorycentre@hcandl.co.uk for tickets. #RugbyLeague

Dr Victoria Dawson@vsdawson· Apr 3

Pay up, trillionaires! #DoTheWriteThing #Meta

Graphic reads: Stop thief! Meta must hashtag do the write thing.

Dr Victoria Dawson@vsdawson· Apr 2

As an independent historian I pay to do my research from my own pocket. Meta can bloody well pay for my work and everyone else's. #DoTheWriteThing #MetaBookThieves

Graphic reads: I'll be asking Meta to do the write thing on Thursday 3 April. Hashtag Meta book thieves.

Dr Victoria Dawson@vsdawson· Mar 1

'If it's a big game on a big stage, Warrington are going to bottle it.'

Dr Victoria Dawson@vsdawson· Mar 1

I see Hull and East Yorkshire mayoral candidate Luke Campbell's gold telephone box is telling it like it is! 😂

Photo shows a leaflet in the window of the gold painted telephone box that reads: Reform UK is a racist party.

Dr Victoria Dawson@vsdawson· Feb 21

@rwldproject.bsky.social This has appeared in Hull's Paragon Station, commemorating the crash of 14 February 1927. Thought you might like to see it.

Dr Victoria Dawson@vsdawson· Dec 27

Without downloading any new pics, what's your energy going into 2025? Mine with thanks to @effinbirds.com!

Dr Victoria Dawson@vsdawson· Dec 24

This will never not be my favourite Victorian Christmas card. Merry Christmas to you all!

Dr Victoria Dawson@vsdawson· Dec 23

Pink clouds over the River Humber tonight. #Hull

Dr Victoria Dawson@vsdawson· Nov 15

Dr Victoria Dawson@vsdawson· Aug 10

Carrying this today. I first painted this slogan on a bedsheet in 2013 to oppose the EDL.

Dr Victoria Dawson@vsdawson· Jan 27

Here is Marlowe. She is the feline blind bell-ball football team's goalkeeper extraordinaire. Named after playwright Christopher who was stabbed in the eye in a pub in Deptford. #ProofOfCat