Annie Skinner

Annie Skinner is a social historian based at Oxford Brookes University where she completed her PhD in History. Before moving into historical research she worked as a social worker with children and families and taught on the social work course. Her published work has focused on voluntary organisations' contribution to health and social care in the nineteenth century. Annie Skinner's research concentrates on finding the hidden, unheard and often silent voices behind these social histories. Her...See more

Annie Skinner is a social historian based at Oxford Brookes University where she completed her PhD in History. Before moving into historical research she worked as a social worker with children and families and taught on the social work course. Her published work has focused on voluntary organisations' contribution to health and social care in the nineteenth century. Annie Skinner's research concentrates on finding the hidden, unheard and often silent voices behind these social histories. Her latest research has found the voice of the child in nineteenth-century child protection practice. See less