Tag: research-led
In 1888, uneducated, penniless, single-mother Louisa Lawson began Australia’s first feminist newspaper, The Dawn, championing the rights of women.
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…in the Life and Works of Maud Sulter (1960-2008)
Celeste-Marie Bernier writes of Maud Sulter, whose photography challenged the historical narratives and exoticization of black women’s bodies.
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Scottish Women Compositors in the Late Nineteenth Century
‘What we do know for sure about the Scottish women typographers of this period is that men saw them as dangerous…’ Robyn Pritzker looks back to the 1800s.
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Not ‘just’ a housewife
Dagmar Wilson referred to herself as a “mere housewife” but she disrupted political consensus during the Cold War, organising women to strike for peace.
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‘A dangerous woman gone mad’
Ashley Orr recounts the career of Nellie Bly, 19th century “stunt journalist” who wrote of “women whose stories might otherwise have remained invisible”.
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Amanda Gouws examines the collective action led by young activists against rape and rape culture in South African universities.
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Dangerous women serving the city
Over the course of three centuries, the prostitutes of Florence ascended from outcasts to workers in the service of the state. Gillian Jack explains how.
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Who were the dangerous women of medieval England? Teresa Phipps recovers their stories from legal documents and court records.
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“How dangerous to claim your body as wholly your own” : Tara Pixley gives us a snapshot of the women finding their own feminism and power in neo-burlesque.
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