Part 3 of the excerpt from Jocelynne A. Scutt’s Women, Law and Culture covers parts 2 and 3 of the contributions to the book. WHN Admin PART II – SPACE & PLACE Karen Buczynski-Lee addresses this question in culture and…
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Women, Law and Culture Conformity, Contradiction and Conflict
Part 2 This excerpt repeats a small section of the introductory comments, before concentrating on the detailed information about the contributions in Women, Law and Culture edited by Jocelynne A. Scutt. The linking paragraphs and explanatory material introducing the sections appeared…
Women, Law and Culture Conformity, Contradiction and Conflict
Part 1 This excerpt from the introduction of Jocelynne A. Scutt’s Women, Law and Culture Conformity Contradiction and Conflict has been heavily edited to meet, as far as possible, blog word count requirements. While the interconnecting pieces remain, description of…
Interested in women in the church?
The Movement for the Ordination of Women (MOW) operated between 1979 and 1994 with the primary purpose of campaigning for women to become priests in the Church of England. They wanted a fully shared ministry of men and women…
House of Lords Seminar : WWAFE 2017 Seminar Series
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…
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…