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CHARLES-GENEVIEVE -LOUIS-AUGUSTE-ANDRE-TIMOTHEE d’EON de BEAUMONT, 1728 -1810

Dr Robin Joyce / February 20, 2017

Sophie Munro   Charles-Genevieve-Louis-Auguste-Andre-Timothee d’Eon de Beaumont, 1728 – 1810 Better known as the Chevalier d’Eon, d’Eon was born in Tonnerre, Burgundy, to Louis d’Eon de Beaumont and Françoise de Charanton. D’Eon excelled in school as a child and went…

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Blog, Politics

Transcript: Hon. Penny Wong speech at ANU Canberra

Dr Robin Joyce / February 12, 2017

Part 2 SENATOR THE HON PENNY WONG LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION IN THE SENATE SHADOW MINISTER FOR TRADE AND INVESTMENT SENATOR FOR SOUTH AUSTRALIA SPEECH 21 June 2016 28TH ANNUAL LIONEL MURPHY MEMORIAL LECTURE   Time for change In Australia,…

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Blog, Politics, Women's History

Speech by The Hon Penny Wong on the occasion of the 28th Annual Lionel Murphy Memorial Lecture

Dr Robin Joyce / February 5, 2017

 Transcript from a speech made by the Hon. Penny Wong, which focusses on discrimination against LGBTI Australians Part 1       SENATOR THE HON PENNY WONG LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION IN THE SENATE SHADOW MINISTER FOR TRADE AND INVESTMENT…

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Blog, Event, Politics, Women's History

MIGHT IS NOT RIGHT – RACISM, TRUMPISM, MISOGYNY OUT

Dr Robin Joyce / January 29, 2017

Dr Jocelynne Scutt Speech given at the Say No to Racism Rally and march in Cambridge January 21 2017.   MIGHT IS NOT RIGHT – RACISM, TRUMPISM, MISOGYNY OUT   Might is not right. Yet the abuse of might, and…

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Blog, Event, Women's History

DEEDS NOT WORDS : The Story of Dr Elsie Inglis

Dr Robin Joyce / January 22, 2017

Deeds Not Words: The Story of Dr Elsie Inglis     To mark the centenary of her death in 2017, Edinburgh councillors decided to name a street after Doctor Elsie Inglis, heroine of the First World War and an advocate…

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Blog, Politics, Women's History

Glad To Be Gay: The Struggle for Legal Equality

Dr Robin Joyce / January 15, 2017

  LSE Library’s spring exhibition is Glad to be gay: the struggle for legal equality. It marks the pivotal piece of legislation, the Sexual Offences Act, and uses unique material from the Hall-Carpenter Archives and the Women’s Library collection to…

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Blog, Politics

2016: a very bad year for women

Dr Robin Joyce / January 8, 2017

 Originally published in The Conversation, December 23, 2016 8.35 pm AEDT 2016: a very bad year for women   Author Julie Gottlieb Reader in Modern History, University of Sheffield Disclosure statement Julie Gottlieb does not work for, consult, own shares in…

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Blog, Women's History

’12 Days of Christmas’ Quotes

Dr Robin Joyce / January 5, 2017

Source: Bing Photos

Blog, Women's History

’12 Days of Christmas’ Quotes

Dr Robin Joyce / January 4, 2017

Rowena Cade, creator of Minack Theatre, Cornwall.   Rowena Cade is remembered by Tom Angrove, her ‘builders mate’ : ‘carrying single handed twelve 15 foot (4.5 metres) wooden beams from the shoreline right to the theatre. Customs men, looking for…

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