About
Gillian is the Curator for Equality, Rights and Citizenship in LSE Library. She works with the Women's Library and the Hall-Carpenter Archives. She researches the collections for new exhibitions, blogs and articles, gives talks about the collections and shares the archives with groups that visit.
Contact Gillian if you'd like to show the archives to your students or want to use the archives in your research project.
Find out about The Women's Library and the Hall-Carpenter Archives in our collection highlights, blogs, online exhibitions and past exhibitions.
Links to writings
Murphy, G (2026) 'School for Women MPs’? Non-party women's organisations and increasing female representation' in 'Women, Power, and Politics in Britain, 1945-1997' edited by Ruth Davidson, Farah Hussain, Lyndsey Jenkins, Anna Muggeridge (Oxford University Press).
Murphy, G (2024), 'LGBTQ+ symbols and their meanings', LSE History Blog
Murphy, G (2024) 'Black Lesbian and Gay Centre', LSE History Blog
Murphy, G (2023) 'Emily Davies (1830-1921)', Pascal Theatre Company
Murphy, G (2023) 'Zuhra Karim (1932-2019): pioneer of women’s journalism in Pakistan' LSE History Blog
Murphy, G (2023) 'Who donated books to the Women’s Library?', LSE History Blog
Murphy, G (2023) 'The Hall-Carpenter Archives at LSE', LSE History Blog
Murphy, G (2023) 'The History of the Women’s Library' LSE History Blog
Murphy, G (2022) 'Alice Ker (1853-1943)' Quinepedia: a biographical dictionary of north-east women, part of the Being Human Festival
Expertise
Archives, Special Collections, Historical Research