Biography
Professor Selina Todd was educated at a comprehensive school in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and at the Universities of Sussex and Warwick.
Professor Todd's research focuses on women's and working-class history in modern Britain. She is currently writing a book on women doctors in Britain before the National Health Service. Her books include The People: the rise and fall of the working class 1910-2010 (2014) which was a Sunday Times bestseller and was translated into Japanese, Catalan and Spanish; Tastes of Honey: the making of Shelagh Delaney and a cultural revolution (2019) – an Observer book of the week and BBC Radio 4 book of the year - and Snakes and Ladders: the Great British Social Mobility Myth (2021). With Professor Alice Sullivan (Sociology, UCL), she co-edited Sex and Gender: A Contemporary Reader (2024).
Professor Todd teaches modern British history and women's history, including the Further Subject ‘Women’s Liberation in Britain, c.1968-c.1990’ and the Special Subject ‘Feminism in Britain, 1918-1939’ which are studied by history undergraduates at Oxford. She is keenly interested in widening access to higher education and is always delighted to receive applications from students from non-selective state schools and colleges. She welcomes applications from potential DPhil students (part-time or full-time) working on feminism or women’s history in modern Britain.
Positions
- Tutorial Fellow in History
- Professor in Modern History, Oxford University
Subjects
- History
- Ancient and Modern History
