Edith Morley: the first female professor in Britain Edith Morley’s 1944 memoir, Before and After, was written a few years after retiring as the first female professor at an English university. This absorbing story, now published in book…
Category: Politics
How Biblical Double Standards Killed Hillary Clinton’s Presidential Run
How biblical double standards killed Hillary Clinton’s presidential run November 11, 2016 8.54pm AEDT Jo Henderson-Merrygold Jo Henderson-Merrygold PhD Candidate in Biblical Studies and Queer Theory, University of Sheffield Disclosure statement Jo Henderson-Merrygold receives…
Lest we forget: women also serve in the armed forces
Reprinted from The Conversation, November 11, 2016 11.39pm AEDT PhD researcher, Northumbria University, Newcastle Disclosure statement Christina Dodds is a member of the Royal British Legion and is a member of the Queen Alexandra Royal Army Nursing Corps…
Southern States Issues, The American Civil War and its Aftermath: Heath Hardage Lee, Kate Cote Gillin and Blain Roberts
The following reviews will be published in the journal. However, because of their particular relevance, they appear in the blog as part of the WHN contribution to Black History Month. Heath Hardage Lee Winnie Davis Daughter of The Lost…
Apology: Australia 2008
Part 2 The Hon. Brendan Nelson, The Leader of the Opposition’s apology speech followed: Mr Speaker, members of this the 42nd Parliament of Australia, visitors and all Australians, in rising to speak strongly in support of this motion I…
Welcome to Country and Apology: 2008 Australia
Part 1. Background The Whitlam Labor Government introduced the Racial Discrimination Act in Australia in 1975. However, acknowledgement of the particular role and explicit rights of the indigenous people specific indigenous ownership of the land and recognition of the stolen…
After the rediscovery of a 19th-century novel, our view of black female writers is transformed
This article was originally published in The Conversation. The Conversation’s generosity in allowing republication is appreciated. WHN Admin. After the rediscovery of a 19th-century novel, our view of black female writers is transformed May 26, 2016 11.22am AEST Victorian-era, middle-class black…
NOT JUST A NAME ON A WALL
WHN Admin. Part 1 ‘Not Just A Name On A Wall’ is a display of three panels in the Cambridge Central Library. One quote from the display is particularly instructive, demonstrating that while women were accepted – in fact, propelled…
STANSFIELD GRANGE. HOME TO THE ‘TRIANGLE MILL SISTERS’
Ruth Beazley Stansfield Grange. Home to the ‘Triangle Mill Sisters’ The ‘Triangle Mill Sisters’ exhibition was awarded the WHN Community prize in 2014 and as a follow up Ruth Beazley has written a book and created a web site both…