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Blog, Politics, Women's History

#MeToo, Sleeping Beauty and the often controversial history of fairy tales

Dr Robin Joyce / March 4, 2018

First published in The Conversation and republished here under The Conversation’s generous copyright policy. January 17, 2018 8.11pm AEDT   It’s one of the more bizarre episodes to have seen the light of day since the #MeToo movement got going…

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Virago Great Feminist Quotes – A [Belated]Christmas Gift [for Women’s History Month, instead]…cont.

Dr Robin Joyce / March 3, 2018
Blog, Politics, Women's History

Virago Great Feminist Quotes – A [Belated]Christmas Gift [for Women’s History Month, instead]…cont.

Dr Robin Joyce / March 2, 2018
Blog, Politics, Women's History

Virago Great Feminist Quotes – A [Belated]Christmas Gift [for Women’s History Month, instead]…cont.

Dr Robin Joyce / March 1, 2018
Blog, Politics, Women's History

LABOR WOMEN: POLITICAL HOUSEKEEPERS OR POLITICIANS?

Dr Robin Joyce / February 18, 2018

Part 3 Women in trade unions in Western Australia in the early 1900s This paper is a section of an article published in Marian Simms, Australian Women and the Political System , Longman Cheshire, 1984.   Robin Joyce   An apprenticeship…

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Blog, Women's History

University of Sussex: Women and the History of International Thought

Dr Robin Joyce / February 14, 2018

Originally published in the  ANU Gender Studies newsletter.     Leverhulme Postdoctoral Research Associate Ref 2948 School/department: School of Global Studies Hours: full time Contract: fixed term 01 September 2018 to 31 August 2020 Reference: 2948 Salary: Grade 7 up…

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MUSIC VIDEO FOR CHANGE: “WOMAN”

Dr Robin Joyce / February 11, 2018

Claire and Sarah Renee O’Moore Claire O’Moore sent the following, explaining the video which she and her twin sister, Sarah Renee, created to publicise women’s rights. Hi There, I’m sending you a music video that deals exclusively with women’s rights.…

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LABOR WOMEN: POLITICAL HOUSEKEEPERS OR POLITICIANS?

Dr Robin Joyce / January 28, 2018

  Women’s political activism in the Australian Labor Party in the Early 1900s in Western Australia Part 2 Robin Joyce    This paper is a section of an article published in Marian Simms , Australian Women and the Political System ,…

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Biography, Blog, Politics, Women's History

LABOR WOMEN: POLITICAL HOUSEKEEPERS OR POLITICIANS?

Dr Robin Joyce / January 21, 2018

Robin Joyce  This  is a part of a paper published in Marian Simms , Australian Women and the Political System , Longman Cheshire, 1984.   Part 1  Typical travel conditions experienced by women who organised  country Labor meetings Labor Women: Political Housekeepers…

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