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The New Zealand Experience – Renaming, Rebuilding and Social Development
Part 1 WHN Administrator In Australia, thoughtful speakers acknowledge the indigenous owners of the land. New Zealand’s then Attorney General, Margaret Wilson, acknowledged the tengata whenau of Nunagwal Land in her speech in Canberra at the National Labor [1]Women’s Conference,…
‘Temptress’ Eve, ‘prostitute’ Mary Magdalene – and the awkward truth about The Bible’s women
Katie Edwards Eve (and Adam) pay the price . Shutterstock. The most well-known female biblical characters feel familiar to us because they’re so embedded within our culture. These women are represented in film, music videos, couture collections and featured in…
Endless Endeavours: from the 1866 Women’ Suffrage Petition to the Fawcett Society
Gillian Murphy LSE Library Exhibition Endless Endeavours: from the 1866 Women’s Suffrage Petition to the Fawcett Society. 23 April – 27 August 2016 Open to all LSE Library’s summer exhibition Endless Endeavours: from the 1866 Women’s Suffrage Petition to…
Jewish Book Week: Celebration of Jewish literature, art and philosophy
Deborah Butcher Jewish Book Week has become something of a national institution: but few realise that this popular annual celebration of Jewish literature, art and philosophy originated in Glasgow. The brainchild of the Women’s Lodge of B’nai Brith –…
Women and Gender in Early Modern Britain and Ireland: A Conference in Honour of Anne Laurence
Women and Gender in Early Modern Britain and Ireland: A Conference in Honour of Anne Laurence Saturday 4 June 2016 Institute of Historical Research, London. This one-day conference, ‘Women and Gender in Early Modern Britain and Ireland’, is being held in…
Labor Women: Political Housekeepers or Politicians?
Robin Joyce Part 2 Leaders’ roles and activities are usually, although not always, easy to follow. Jean Beadle, as described in Part 1, was one woman whose career in the labour movement was well known. However, other women involved…
Labor Women: Political Housekeepers or Politicians?
Robin Joyce Part 1 Myths which limit women’s role and the perception of that role are abundant. The political arena is no exception and the negative images significantly undermine women’s perception of their heritage as legitimate actors in the…
Community History Prize 2016 – Call for Entries
An annual £500 prize for a Community History Project which has led to a documentary, pamphlet, book, exhibition, artefact or event completed in the year before 31st May 2016. Please see details below. It is essential that entries should be submitted…