Jackie Simard

Jackie Simard is entering her fourth- year as a PhD researcher at the University of Edinburgh. Her PhD thesis explores non-physical spousal abuse through English and Welsh legal records, newspapers, and the census from 1857 to 1914. On campus, she is a member of the Centre for the Study of Modern and Contemporary History, the Emotionally Demanding Histories Group, and attends various Gender and Sexuality seminars. Before attending the University of Edinburgh, she originally did her Master’s Degree in Early Modern material history at King’s College in London. Her interests are in gender, criminal, material and social histories.