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Madge Dresser

Madge Dresser

English historian

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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References

  1. [1]
    "CANCELLED: RSA Bristol: In ConveRSAtion with Madge Dresser". RSA (Royal Society of Arts). 20 September 2017.
  2. [2]
    "Author: Madge Dresser". Apollo Magazine. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  3. [3]
    Mukherjee, Koel; Lorna Stephenson (11 October 2017). "A never-ending journey". The Bristol Cable. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  4. [4]
    Neu, Alma (7 September 2017). "Interview: Dr Madge Dresser". Bristol 247. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  5. [5]
    Dresser, Madge (18 June 2020). "What Colston's statue says about Victorian Bristol". Apollo Magazine. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  6. [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. [7]
    Russell, Anna (22 June 2020). "How Statues in Britain Began to Fall". The New Yorker. Retrieved 28 June 2020.


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