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 –…
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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…
WHN – COMMUNITY HISTORY PRIZE
Women’s History Network – Community History Prize sponsored by the History Press This annual prize of £500 is awarded for a Community History Project by, about, or for Women in a particular locale or community which has led to…
Women’s History Month on the Women’s History Network Blog
A short overview of the posts made during Women’s History Month on the Women’s History Network Blog Part 2 WHN Admin. Women as political activists are featured in several posts, from the earliest, the story of women’s suffrage…
Women’s History Month on the Women’s History Network Blog
A Short overview of the posts made during Women’s History Month on the Women’s History Network Blog Part 1 Women’s History Month on the WHN blog has been celebrated with a variety of posts. Some of them demonstrate links…
JANE AUSTEN: WAS SHE A TROUBLESOME WRITER?
Robin Joyce Part 2 Austen was apparently trapped by conventional ideology. At the same time, she attempted to advance progressive ideas about women’s situation without appearing to recommend Wollstonecraft’s sexual irregularities and her suicide attempts. To write novels…
JANE AUSTEN: WAS SHE A TROUBLESOME WRITER?
Robin Joyce Part 1 Jane Austen, was indeed, a troublesome writer. Troublesome for whom? Although the historical context in which she wrote has some relevance, Austen is often troublesome in a way that reflects feminist writing since the 1970s.…
Elizabeth Hope Doddrell
Denis Blight Elizabeth Hope Doddrell was born at sea in June 1849 near Port Elizabeth, South Africa. James Rogers Blight was three years old when he arrived in South Australia in the same year. Life in gold-rushed…