Robin Joyce Part 2 Is ethical fiction ever irrelevant? While an initial response could be ‘Of course fiction should be ethical. Writers should not encourage racism, sexism or classism. They should not give credibility to unethical behavior.’ However, what…
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Ethical Fiction: Essential? Desirable? Irrelevant?
‘We often need literature to make our feelings intelligible to us.’ Joanna Trollope, The Rector’s Wife Robin Joyce Part 1 The strong response to a readers’ blog asking for examples of ethical fiction, (1) a list of topics under…
Are Women a Success in Parliament?
WHN Admin. Published in 1938 in the Westralian Worker May Holman’s commentary on women Members of Parliament makes interesting reading. May Holman was the first Labor woman to be elected to the Western Australian Parliament. She was a Member…
Commemoration of women in foreign missions during the Great War
Zvezdana Popovic An event to commemorate the lives of the brave women in foreign medical missions in Serbia during the Great War is being held. Details appear below. However, it is worth briefly explaining the back ground to…
Blue Plaques: But How Many for Women?
Well deserved, but badly neglected. Women’s absence from the Blue Plaques that adorn buildings and, at times, road or pathways, is again being questioned. Some women, such as Julie Harper, are choosing their own method of giving women of note…
Lending a Hand in the Strike
Daphne Gollan Forty or so years ago[1] people from Sydney would regard a posting to our national capital as akin to a death sentence. Once there it was difficult to know where you were as you picked your way…
Five major religions: women’s roles
Hailey Mason This graphic takes a look at the roles of women in five major religions. According to a survey by the Pew Research Center, 86% of women in the U.S. are affiliated with a religion. 63% of women…
The Case of the Chocolate Cream Killer: The Poisonous Passion of Christiana Edmunds
Kaye Jones The Victorians were terrified of women poisoners. It might seem like an obvious observation; after all, who wouldn’t be frightened of a poison-wielding woman? But there’s more to this relationship than self-preservation. In fact, the fear of…
Louisa Garrett Anderson – suffrage prisoner
Amanda Markwell I have never been so close to anything so sad or ugly as this and I don’t think I ever knew so clearly before why women need political equality and complete re-adjustment of their position.[1] Dr. Louisa Garrett…