PUBLICATIONS
The Book-Lover’s Guide to Edinburgh (Pen & Sword, 2026).
PRE-ORDER
A Cultural History of School Uniform (University of Exeter Press, 2021).
BUY
"Uniform Adoption in English Public Schools 1830-1930” in Uniform: Clothing and Discipline in the Modern World, edited by Lisa Godson & Jane Tynan (Bloomsbury, 2019).
REVIEWS: A Cultural History of School Uniform
"A fresh take on issues of class and gender in education through the lens of that most iconic feature of English education: the school uniform…This excellent book will be of interest to most historians of education." Nordic Journal of Educational History
"Kate Stephenson does a great job of bringing the topic of school uniforms to life while tracing their 500-year history. There is no book to compare this with, which shows how original and useful it is." Education in the North
"...a highly readable and engaging book that will appeal to both a scholarly and a wider audience." Journal of the History of Education Society
"Kate Stephenson's book constitutes a rich and thorough analysis of the history of school uniform in English schools." British Journal of Educational Studies
"This valuable study will be useful to anyone with an interest in the history of clothing and design as well as those working on the history of childhood and education studies." Cultural and Social History, The Journal of the Social History Society