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Premodern Queenship Conference – 11-13 Sept
Registration for the Premodern Queenship and Diplomacy in Europe, taking place at Canterbury Christ Church University, 11-13 September is now open. This conference organised by Canterbury Christ Church University and Lancaster University seeks to raise important questions about the role…
Homelessness or Heartlessness? When Government Fails Women
As Australians for whom World War 2 and the seventies were emblematic, we are distraught at the destruction of our once wonderful women’s refuges. Dr Goebbels, Adolph Hitler’s Minister for Propaganda, instructed the world that ‘words are valuable’; they…
Gender-Biased Sex Selection – Manifesting Patriarchal Power
The report also provides a brief overview of the sociological and ethnographical areas of study, including the role of civil society and the state, and changing familial patterns. Unequal inheritance rights, dowry, unequal socio-religious status, unpaid work, unequal pay, lack of economic opportunities for women, focus on male lineage, a culture of honour [sic] that places a greater burden of safety and protection on the parents of girls all contribute to building a society that favours sons and men, and neglects daughters and women.
Discovering, Uncovering, Recovering Women’s History
FLA: Feminist and Women’s Libraries and Archives Network First official FLA Gathering – 14th and 15th September at Nottingham Women’s Centre The first official Feminist and Women’s Libraries and Archives Network gathering is to be held at Nottingham Women’s…
Remembering Edith Picton Turbervill (O.B.E. 1872 – 1960)
When I lived in Wellington Shropshire during the 90s I learnt that Edith Pargeter ( better known as Ellis Peters ), had lived in the area. But it was only by chance that I found out about another Edith –…
A CONVENT SCHOOLING – SCHOOL DAYS, ADULT WAYS … Pt II
If we look at the justification offered for the all-male priesthood, we find an example of this circular reasoning. The Catholic Faith Handbook for Youth, which, published in 2007, has the Church’s imprimatur, i.e. official declaration that the document is ‘free from moral or doctrinal error, says this:
The Catholic church ordains only baptised men because Jesus chose men, not women, to be his Apostles…for this reason the church is bound by Jesus’s choice to ordain only men. [3]
By this analogy it might be argued that since Jesus only chose Jews to be his apostles, only Jews can be Catholic priests. But Catholics don’t exclude non-Jews from their priesthood, so why should they exclude non-men?
ISSUE 75 Women’s History Magazine, Summer 2014
Download the PDF edition of this journal here. CONTENTS Paula Bartley on Ellen Wilkinson and parliamentary politics, 1924-1947, 4-10 Lisa R. Lindell on Dr Frances Woods and the intersection of war, expansionism, and equal rights, 11-19 Małgorzata Dajnowicz on Eliza Orzeszkowa’s influence on the feminist views of…
Still Queer / a postgraduate and early-career work-in-progress study day
Still Queer / a postgraduate and early-career work-in-progress study day Queer@King’s / King’s College, London / Saturday 13 September 2014 Queer@King’s invites proposals for presentations to be given at a collaborative work-in-progress study day. We hope to foster a supportive environment…