I apologise for the lack of our usual Sunday post. Unfortunately, my computer needed major repairs and has only now been returned. The posts will continue each Sunday until I relinquish my position as Blog Administrator at the Annual General…
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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…
Abstracts from the forthcoming WHN Conference
Unfortunately information about the publication of abstracts in the advertisement that I posted about the Women’s History Network Conference has had to be changed. Publication of abstracts will not take place this year because of concerns about the new privacy…
Feeling the Pressure? Financial Stressors Affecting Women Today & Throughout History
Jennifer Heskey Jennifer Heskey has written this introduction and guide looking at financial stress throughout women’s history and for senior women today. For decades, it has been a national trend for women to be more stressed than men. While…
WOMEN AND PUBLISHING: FACTUAL ACOUNT AND A FICTIONAL REPRESENTATION
A recent novel I read, ‘The Wife’, by Meg Wolitzer, reminded me of this 2015 article. This post will be published in two parts. Part 1 is the excellent article by Marion Wynne-Davies which appears below. Part 2 will comprise…
Memorial Service for Women in Foreign Medical Missions in the Great War
This information is reprinted from the British Serb Magazine, this section of which was sent to WHN Blog by Zvezdana Popovic. She has been assiduous in keeping the WHN informed of these activities for which I am grateful. Robin Joyce…
50 Fascinating Facts for Women’s History Month
The following Fascinating Facts for Women’s History Month were first published in the MastersDegree.net blog. Kristen Stewart provided the material to the WHN Blog. MastersDegree.net BLOG March 1, 2018 History texts and classes are often dominated by…
WICKED WITCHES AND EVIL QUEENS
Wicked witches and evil queens: why children’s books need more female villains March 23, 2018 1.09am AEDT Still from Disney’s Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016) (This is the best reproduction of the photo that could be accomplished here.…