War created instant history from 1916 and ever since the history of women and the First World War has been a synonym for thinking about a distinctive female contribution, about the politics of gender and the cultural and social history of war. Looking again at the history is a way of thinking about sources and method, thinking again about how far historians ‘disturb the ground on which they stand’ or how far they build new memorials to the past.
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Women’s History Month: The Glass Ceiling and the Calculator.
Lord Davies’ report into women in the boardroom highlighted once again the lack of women in the top jobs.Lord Davies said: Over the past 25 years the number of women in full-time employment has increased by more than a third…
Women’s History Month: Women in 19th century colonial Hong Kong.
The colonial authorities of nineteenth century Hong Kong believed that the vast majority of the Chinese women residing in the colony were prostitutes. For example, in 1878 Charles May, a member of the colonial government, testified to an inquiry into…