Gough Whitlam was elected Prime Minister of Australia 2nd December 1972 and was the first Australian Prime Minister to appoint a women’s advisor. Elizabeth Reid was appointed. Following is an interview with her conducted by Emma Renwick. http://www.abc.net.au/stateline/act/content/2005/ The Life…
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Barbara Pym’s The Sweet Dove Died: Sexual Assault Assuaged By Flowers?
Barbara Pym’s The Sweet Dove Died: Sexual Assault assuaged by flowers? Robin Joyce Barbara Pym’s novels are a never-ending source of social commentary. The Sweet Dove Died , in its depiction of sexual assault is of particular interest at the…
Being Published – tips for you: insights from writing Women and the Royal Navy
Jo Stanley Being published –tips for you My new history book is just out. I’ve got some insights (from this and previous books), and I now see what I should have done ages ago. So I thought…
Women’s History Autumn 2017
The Autumn 2017 edition of Women’s History is available now. The digital version of this edition is available free to all. You may purchase this a print copy of this journal here. Contents Albert Gallon on ‘Thriving in a man’s…
Women in International Exhibitions 1876-1937, Routledge 2017, by Myriam Boussahba-Bravard & Rebecca Rogers (ed.)
Myriam Boussahba-Bravard & Rebecca Rogers (ed.), Women in International and Universal Exhibitions, 1876-1937, New York, Routledge, 2018: ISBN 9781138636057 ( hardcopy) ISBN 9781315196534 (electronic version) This book argues for the importance of bringing women and gender more directly into the dynamic field of exposition studies. Reclaiming…
Katrina Lockwood: The Mystery of Isabella an the String of Beads A Woman Doctor In World War 1
Book review by Robin Joyce Publisher: Loke Press Author: Katrina Kirkwood Sold on Amazon and at good bookstores. The back-cover blurb tells us: It was the inscription that made the antique scalpels so tantalising: ‘Isabella Stenhouse’. A woman doctor? A…
Gender/ mobility/ sea/ women’s history
Thurs 16 Nov London. Paper: Gendered mobility at sea 1960-2017; Comparing women’s changing seagoing roles in the Royal and Merchant Navies by Dr Jo Stanley. SEMINAR: Transport & Mobilities History group, (http://www.history.ac.uk/events/seminar/transport-mobility). VENUE: The Peter Marshall Room, N204, Second Floor, at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London. Senate…
Women and the Royal Navy
Sat 25 Nov, Portsmouth. Women and the Royal Navy, all-day seminar. £45. This academic event is where the new approach to writing the histories of women in the navy will be revealed. See the programme and booking details at http://www.historicdockyard.co.uk/pioneers-to-professionals-seminar. Jo Stanley and Hannah Roberts…
Women’s naval lives
Women and the Royal Navy (IB Tauris/NMRN) by Jo Stanley. Out Nov 2017. Focused on gender, mobility, and the long struggle for equal rights to sail and be combatant, this is a new approach to naval historiography. It shows all…