The paragraphs below introduce an article that appears in full at Riding History: 3 Women Who Changed the Face of Motorcycling. Thank you to Terence Gordon, Editor of the Consumers Advocate, who sent the information and approved publication of…
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EMILY BRONTE AT 200: WUTHERING HEIGHTS
Emily Bronte at 200: Wuthering Heights has had readers going round in circles for 170 years July 25, 2018 6.42pm AEST Catherine Han Author Catherine Han Teacher, Cardiff University Disclosure statement This article is based on a talk originally…
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…