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{{Short description|English historian}}
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'''Madge Judith Dresser''' [[Royal Historical Society|FRHS]] [[Royal Society of Arts|FRSA]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thersa.org/events/fellowship/2017/9/rsa-bristol-in-conversation-with-madge-dresser|title = CANCELLED: RSA Bristol: In ConveRSAtion with Madge Dresser| date=20 September 2017 |publisher=RSA (Royal Society of Arts)}}</ref> is an English historian and academic, who was formerly an Associate Professor in History at the [[University of the West of England]], and is currently Honorary Professor in the department of Historical Studies at the [[University of Bristol]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Author: Madge Dresser |url=https://www.apollo-magazine.com/author/madge-dresser/ |website=Apollo Magazine |access-date=28 June 2020}}</ref> Her specialities are the [[history of slavery]], [[national identity]], women's history, and the position of religious and ethnic minorities in British society.


She is active in [[Journey to Justice]], a Bristolian charity highlighting the history of social justice and marginalised voices.<ref name="BC">{{cite news |last1=Mukherjee |first1=Koel|author2=Lorna Stephenson |title=A never-ending journey |url=https://thebristolcable.org/2017/10/neverending-journey-to-justice-project-civil-rights-struggles |accessdate=14 April 2019 |work=The Bristol Cable |date=11 October 2017}}</ref><ref name="B247">{{cite news |last1=Neu |first1=Alma |title=Interview: Dr Madge Dresser |url=https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/people/interview-dr-madge-dresser |accessdate=14 April 2019 |work=Bristol 247 |date=7 September 2017}}</ref>
'''Dr Madge Judith Dresser''' is an Associate Professor in Social and Cultural British History at the [[University of the West of England]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://people.uwe.ac.uk/Person/MadgeDresser|title=Dr Madge Dresser - UWE Bristol|website=people.uwe.ac.uk|access-date=2019-04-03}}</ref> and Honorary Professor in the department of Historical Studies at the [[University of Bristol]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://research-information.bristol.ac.uk/en/persons/madge-dresser(e3f2564a-77f5-4780-998a-636c4eb1375c).html|title=Dr Madge Dresser - University of Bristol|website=research-information.bristol.ac.uk|access-date=2019-04-03}}</ref>. Her specialities are the [[history of slavery]], [[national identity]], women's history, and the position of religious and ethnic minorities in British society.

Dresser has frequently made efforts to acknowledge the role of [[Edward Colston]] in [[Bristol slave trade|Bristol's slave trade]] industry,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dresser |first1=Madge |title=What Colston's statue says about Victorian Bristol |url=https://www.apollo-magazine.com/colston-statue-victorian-bristol/ |accessdate=28 June 2020 |work=Apollo Magazine |date=18 June 2020}}</ref> noting the "reluctance in some quarters" to mention it in relation to the [[Statue of Edward Colston|statue of him]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dresser |first1=Madge |title=Slavery Obscured: The Social History of the Slave Trade in an English Provincial Port |date=2016 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1-4742-9170-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vx_mDAAAQBAJ |accessdate=28 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref>{{rp|3}} As such, she has been involved with the rewording process of the statue's plaque.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Russell |first1=Anna |title=How Statues in Britain Began to Fall |url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-uk/how-statues-in-britain-began-to-fall |accessdate=28 June 2020 |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |date=22 June 2020 |language=en-us}}</ref>


== Published works ==
== Published works ==


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* [https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/slavery-obscured-9781474291699/ Dresser, M. (2001) Slavery obscured: The social history of the slave trade in an English provincial port. New York: Continuum]. ISBN 0826448763
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* [https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/bristol-ethnic-minorities-and-the-city-1000-2001/9781860774775/ Dresser, M. and Fleming, P. (2007) Bristol: Ethnic minorities and the city, 1000-2001. Phillimore Publishers]. ISBN 9781860774775
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* [https://www.bristol.ac.uk/Depts/History/bristolrecordsociety/publications/brs55.pdf Fox, S. , Frank, J. and Dresser, M. (2003) The Diary of Sarah Fox nee Champion, 1745-1802. Bristol: Bristol Record Society.] ISBN 0901538256
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! scope="row" | ''Slavery Obscured: The Social History of the Slave Trade in an English Provincial Port''
| 2001
| Continuum
| {{ISBN|0826448763}}
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! scope="row" | ''The Diary of Sarah Fox nee Champion, 1745–1802''
| 2003
| Bristol Record Society
| {{ISBN|0901538256}}
| Editor; written by Sarah Fox, extracted in 1872 by John Frank
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! scope="row" | ''Bristol: Ethnic Minorities and the City 1000-2001''
| 2008
| Phillimore Publishers
| {{ISBN|9781860774775}}
| with [[Peter Fleming (historian)|Peter Fleming]]
|-
! scope="row" | ''Women and the City: Bristol 1373-2000''
| 2016
| Redcliffe Press
| {{ISBN|9781908326317}}
| Editor
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Latest revision as of 04:59, 4 April 2024

Madge Judith Dresser FRHS FRSA[1] is an English historian and academic, who was formerly an Associate Professor in History at the University of the West of England, and is currently Honorary Professor in the department of Historical Studies at the University of Bristol.[2] Her specialities are the history of slavery, national identity, women's history, and the position of religious and ethnic minorities in British society.

She is active in Journey to Justice, a Bristolian charity highlighting the history of social justice and marginalised voices.[3][4]

Dresser has frequently made efforts to acknowledge the role of Edward Colston in Bristol's slave trade industry,[5] noting the "reluctance in some quarters" to mention it in relation to the statue of him.[6]: 3  As such, she has been involved with the rewording process of the statue's plaque.[7]

Published works

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Title Time of first publication First edition publisher/publication Unique identifier Notes
Slavery Obscured: The Social History of the Slave Trade in an English Provincial Port 2001 Continuum ISBN 0826448763
The Diary of Sarah Fox nee Champion, 1745–1802 2003 Bristol Record Society ISBN 0901538256 Editor; written by Sarah Fox, extracted in 1872 by John Frank
Bristol: Ethnic Minorities and the City 1000-2001 2008 Phillimore Publishers ISBN 9781860774775 with Peter Fleming
Women and the City: Bristol 1373-2000 2016 Redcliffe Press ISBN 9781908326317 Editor

References

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  1. ^ "CANCELLED: RSA Bristol: In ConveRSAtion with Madge Dresser". RSA (Royal Society of Arts). 20 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Author: Madge Dresser". Apollo Magazine. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  3. ^ Mukherjee, Koel; Lorna Stephenson (11 October 2017). "A never-ending journey". The Bristol Cable. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  4. ^ Neu, Alma (7 September 2017). "Interview: Dr Madge Dresser". Bristol 247. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  5. ^ Dresser, Madge (18 June 2020). "What Colston's statue says about Victorian Bristol". Apollo Magazine. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  6. ^ Dresser, Madge (2016). Slavery Obscured: The Social History of the Slave Trade in an English Provincial Port. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4742-9170-5. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  7. ^ Russell, Anna (22 June 2020). "How Statues in Britain Began to Fall". The New Yorker. Retrieved 28 June 2020.


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