Dear All I have had a wonderful time as administrator of the WHN Blog and shall post an edited version of my report to the WHN Conference. In the meantime, I have a couple of posts to add to…
Author: Dr Robin Joyce
WOMEN AND WRITING: THE WIFE BY MEG WOLITZER
Part 2 Women and writing Robin Joyce The Wife by Meg Wolitzer Review with no spoilers, originally published on Good Reads. Robin Joyce The Wife is an excellent novel with which to assess one’s own moral compass. As a…
WOMEN IN INDUSTRY
Jennifer Heskey Looking For Inspiration? Here Are Three Top British Women In Industry Women’s rights in the UK have come on leaps and bounds over the years. As the BBC reports, just a century or two ago women’s work was…
BRITISH WOMEN FIGHT FOR THE VOTE IN ‘STAND WE AT LAST’ AND ‘THINGS A BRIGHT GIRL CAN DO’
Abstract of paper to be given at the Annual WHN Conference 2018. Unfortunately I was prevented approaching all the marvellous presenters of papers to be given at the WHN Annual Conference (Privacy Considerations). I appealed to presenters through the blog…
Riding History: 3 Women Who Changed the Face of Motorcycling
The paragraphs below introduce an article that appears in full at Riding History: 3 Women Who Changed the Face of Motorcycling. Thank you to Terence Gordon, Editor of the Consumers Advocate, who sent the information and approved publication of…
EMILY BRONTE AT 200: WUTHERING HEIGHTS
Emily Bronte at 200: Wuthering Heights has had readers going round in circles for 170 years July 25, 2018 6.42pm AEST Catherine Han Author Catherine Han Teacher, Cardiff University Disclosure statement This article is based on a talk originally…
Women’s Unpaid Work
This article first appeared in Conversation and is republished under their generous Creative Commons Licence. Women’s unpaid work must be included in GDP calculations: lessons from history June 20, 2018 10.45pm AEST Author Luke Messac, MD, PhD University of…
HOUSE OF COMMONS WWAFE SEMINAR SERIES
WWAFE 2018 House of Commons seminar series – 100 years of (some) women’s suffrage How did we get there, what have we done since & what does it mean today – A seminar series on women’s rights, challenges, perspectives, hopes and empowerment…