Zvezdana Popovik has provided information on two events. The first was the subject of the WHN Blog on 22nd March. However, as a reminder: Since 2017 marks the centenary of Dr Elsie Inglis’s death, Guest speaker, Alan Cumming, Scottish Women’s Hospitals…
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WRITING ART: WOMEN AS ART CRITICS IN THE LONG EIGTHTEENTH CENTURY
Conference: Writing Art: Women Writers as Art Critics in the Long Eighteenth Century Saturday 25th February 2017 Venue: Chawton House Library Long thought to be the domain of wealthy men, art criticism and connoisseurship underwent a transformation in the…
CHARLES-GENEVIEVE -LOUIS-AUGUSTE-ANDRE-TIMOTHEE d’EON de BEAUMONT, 1728 -1810
Sophie Munro Charles-Genevieve-Louis-Auguste-Andre-Timothee d’Eon de Beaumont, 1728 – 1810 Better known as the Chevalier d’Eon, d’Eon was born in Tonnerre, Burgundy, to Louis d’Eon de Beaumont and Françoise de Charanton. D’Eon excelled in school as a child and went…
Transcript: Hon. Penny Wong speech at ANU Canberra
Part 2 SENATOR THE HON PENNY WONG LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION IN THE SENATE SHADOW MINISTER FOR TRADE AND INVESTMENT SENATOR FOR SOUTH AUSTRALIA SPEECH 21 June 2016 28TH ANNUAL LIONEL MURPHY MEMORIAL LECTURE Time for change In Australia,…
Speech by The Hon Penny Wong on the occasion of the 28th Annual Lionel Murphy Memorial Lecture
Transcript from a speech made by the Hon. Penny Wong, which focusses on discrimination against LGBTI Australians Part 1 SENATOR THE HON PENNY WONG LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION IN THE SENATE SHADOW MINISTER FOR TRADE AND INVESTMENT…
January IFRWH Newsletter
The latest IFRWH (International Federation for Research into Women’s History) Newsletter is now available to download here: IFRWH Newsletter Jan 2017
MIGHT IS NOT RIGHT – RACISM, TRUMPISM, MISOGYNY OUT
Dr Jocelynne Scutt Speech given at the Say No to Racism Rally and march in Cambridge January 21 2017. MIGHT IS NOT RIGHT – RACISM, TRUMPISM, MISOGYNY OUT Might is not right. Yet the abuse of might, and…
DEEDS NOT WORDS : The Story of Dr Elsie Inglis
Deeds Not Words: The Story of Dr Elsie Inglis To mark the centenary of her death in 2017, Edinburgh councillors decided to name a street after Doctor Elsie Inglis, heroine of the First World War and an advocate…
Glad To Be Gay: The Struggle for Legal Equality
LSE Library’s spring exhibition is Glad to be gay: the struggle for legal equality. It marks the pivotal piece of legislation, the Sexual Offences Act, and uses unique material from the Hall-Carpenter Archives and the Women’s Library collection to…