WWAFE 2017 SEMINAR SERIES ENORMOUS CHANGES AT THE LAST MINUTE – WOMEN, TRUMP & BREXIT A seminar series on women’s rights, challenges, perspectives, hopes and empowerment Baroness Margaret Prosser chairs our June seminar in the…
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OUT OF SITE, OUT OF MIND – THE WOMEN OF THE VENTILATOR
Amy Galvin’s post first appeared in March. However, with the House of Lords seminar to be advertised in the next post it seems relevant to remind readers of women’s past in the UK Houses of Parliament. The women about whom…
LIVING IN A POOR AREA INCREASES THE RISK OF ANXIETY IN WOMEN, BUT NOT MEN
Living in a poor area increases the risk of anxiety in women, but not men First published in The Conversation : May 5, 2017 2.47pm AEST. This article is republished under Creative Commons licence. Olivia Rimes is a PhD Candidate, University…
Arcangela Tarabotti, Elena Cassandra: A Feminist Venetian Republic Nun
This entry has been slightly edited. WHN Admin. Silvia Speranza Geltrude Palandri Arcangela Tarabotti, Elena Cassandra, was a nun in the Venetian Republic. At that time, Venice was a cultural centre around which gravitated prestigious figures from other parts…
NORTH AMERICAN WOMEN AND WORLD WAR ONE
CALL FOR PAPERS North American Women and World War One Saturday, 4 November 2017 University of Worcester, Henwick Grove, Worcester, WR2 6AJ The University of Worcester’s annual Women’s History Conference seeks papers for this year’s event under…
The Mystery of Isabella and the String of Beads: A Woman Doctor in WW1
The following is an excerpt from Katrina Kirkwood’s book, The Mystery of Isabella and the String of Beads: A woman Doctor in WW1. Information about Katrina Kirkwood and her book was published on the blog on 13 march 2017. The book…
VOICES OF WOMEN IN THE GREAT WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH
CALL FOR CONFERENCE PAPERS Voices of Women in the Great War and its Aftermath Taking place at The Black Country Living Museum, 2 Tipton Rd, Dudley DY1 4SQ on 13-14 April 2018 Although the Great War is often…
FOUR PIONEERING WOMEN OF AUSTRALIA: JANET LOARING
Denis Blight In 1901 a young parlour maid, Janet Loaring, stepped on Board the S.S. Perthshire to travel to Australia from Dorset in the United Kingdom with 43 other young, single women, escorted by a matron. In the Upstairs/Downstairs…
Celebrating a landmark edition: Francoise de Graffigny’s letters
The following is reproduced from the Voltaire Foundation (University of Oxford) site with the permission of Pippa Faucheux. It follows the completion of a 40-year project publish the critical edition of Mme de Graffigny’s correspondence which was completed in 2016. …