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…
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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…
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…
Women’s Protest And Activism Seminar
Women’s Protest And Activism Seminar Fri 10 Nov 2017 10.30am – 4.30pm | 18+ Price: £10 Location: mac birmingham, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, B12 9QH Sales & Information: 0121 446 3232 Booking Info: https://macbirmingham.co.uk/event/womens-protest-and-activism-seminar In response to the…
UTOPIA: THE GENIUS OF EMILY KAME KNGWARREYE
This material has been copied from the Museum of Australia site. More material is available on the site and a visit to the original is recommended. Emily Kame Kngwarreye WARNING: Relatives of the artist are advised that images of Emily…
Venezuela’s long history of racism is coming back to haunt it
Search First published in The Conversation , August 16, 2017 9.30am BST.Published here under creative commons licence. Venezuela’s long history of racism is coming back to haunt it August 16, 2017 9.30am BST Hazel Marsh Author Hazel Marsh Lecturer in Latin…
HOW MICHELLE OBAMA’S VISIT TO A LONDON SCHOOL HELPED BOOST STUDENTS’ GRADES
July 1, 2016 2.53pm AEST Simon Burgess Professor of Economics, University of Bristol Disclosure statement Simon Burgess receives funding from the ESRC, the Education Endowment Foundation and the Department for Education. Partners University of Bristol provides funding as a founding…
ROSA MANUS
Rosa Manus This article is from an o.a. blog post from Arina Angerman. It has been lightly edited. WHN Admin. a.o. thanks editors Myriam Everard and Francisca de Haan, Atria (Institute on Gender Equality and Women’s History) and…