Projects & Publications
COMPARative study of uk/us MOVEMENT
I am currently working on a book on the British movement from 1950-1980, with comparisons to the American movement.
festschrift for sir brian harrison
Bruce Kinzer, Molly Baer Kramer, and Richard Trainor, eds. Reform and Its Complexities in Modern Britain: Essays Inspired by Sir Brian Harrison, Oxford University Press (2022) (including Molly Baer Kramer, “Pressures from Within: Internecine Conflict in the English Animal Protection Movement, 1950-1975”, pp.179-202).
DPhil dissertation
Molly Baer Kramer, ‘“A More Humane Society”: Animal Welfare and Human Nature in England, 1950-1976’ (D.Phil. dissertation, 2016). University of Oxford, Oxford UK.
Organizational income and expenditure adjustments from ‘“A More Humane Society”…’
Emily Williamson, a founder of the RSPB, c.1889
For a story of this picture, see Looking for Emily Williamson by Tessa Boase
OXFORD DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY
Arthur Broome was a founder of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in the UK who later spent time in prison for his debts: “Broome, Arthur MacLoughlin [Arthur Eugenius] (1779–1837)”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004).
Lily Loat was an influential anti-vaccination activist (longtime secretary of the National Anti-Vaccination League), alternative medicine advocate, and opposer of vivisection (not an uncommon trifecta): “Loat, Lily (1879/80–1958)”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004).
Emily Williamson founded a local group in the UK to encourage women not to wear bird plumage in their clothing, which grew to become the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, one of the world’s largest conservation organizations: “Williamson, Emily (1855–1936)”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004).
DICTIONARY ENTRIES
A brief history of the practice of experimentation on live animals: “Vivisection” in Paul Barry Clarke and Andrew Linzey (eds), Dictionary of Ethics, Theology and Society (London: Routledge, 1996) (with Andrew Linzey).
A brief history of the practice of hunting: “Hunting” in Paul Barry Clarke and Andrew Linzey (eds), Dictionary of Ethics, Theology and Society (London: Routledge, 1996) (with Andrew Linzey).