Alex Clarke recalls stopping a conference question that treated a woman's interest in military history as surprising. His objection is that nobody should be excluded from naval, military, or any other area of history. Different people bring their own perspectives, and an interest in a subject should be encouraged. He also recalls working with more female historians, curators, and archaeologists than male colleagues.
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Military history without gatekeeping
A conference recollection leads to an argument that naval and military history should welcome everyone interested in studying them.