Charlotte James Robertson

Published: 16 February 2021

Charlotte is a doctoral researcher studying the feminist movement to establish women’s refuges and other services for victim/survivors of domestic abuse.

Charlotte RobertsonCharlotte is a doctoral researcher studying the feminist movement to establish women’s refuges and other services for victim/survivors of domestic abuse. Her thesis is entitled “‘Why don’t they just go home?’ Women’s Aid in Britain and the women’s refuge movement as a transnational endeavour, 1971-1996” and is funded by the AHRC. Charlotte holds an MA in History from the University of Glasgow and an MSc in American History from the University of Edinburgh. Her research interests include transnational and intersectional approaches to the history of feminism, the history of Women’s Aid and oral history. She also works part-time for the National Library of Scotland.


First published: 16 February 2021