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Three books full of Dangerous Women

Coming soon!

8th March 20217th March 2025
Today we are proud to announce the next stage of the Dangerous Women Project: a book titled Dangerous Women. Continue reading

‘What it meant to me’

Reflections on the Dangerous Women Project

23rd March 201724th March 2017
Over the year between International Women’s Day 2016 and 2017, we published almost 400 posts. Now it’s time to reflect. Continue reading

Jane Mansbridge – a quietly dangerous woman

(for dangerous times)

8th March 201729th March 2017
Fiona Mackay meets Jane Mansbridge, “one of the leading scholars of democracy for our time”, for a conversation on feminism, politics and dangerousness. Continue reading

Dangerous Mothers

8th March 20178th March 2017
Rachael Cloughton introduces the dangerous mothers of Peffermill to us – an excellent example of the change women can make when they work together. Continue reading

Paper

8th March 20178th March 2017
Eilidh McCabe writes about her grandmother’s letters, notes and other papers, in which she discovered a gentle kind of dangerousness. Continue reading

Response to Random Murder III: December 14, 2012, Newtown, CT, 28 dead

Bas relief by sculptor Meredith Bergmann

8th March 20176th March 2017
This striking piece by sculptor Meredith Bergmann shows a mother and child with a glock, responding to rising gun crime and the idea of dangerous mothers. Continue reading

Mary Somerville: Queen of Science

8th March 20176th March 2017
Ruth Boreham writes of Mary Somerville, Scottish science writer and polymath – a truly dangerous woman defying expectations in the 19th century. Continue reading

Dangerous is not safe

A poem by Dorcas Agbogun

8th March 20176th March 2017
Nigeria-based writer and Mass Communications graduate Dorcas Agbogun writes a poignant poem of what it can mean when others promise to keep you safe. Continue reading

Marie de Guise

7th March 20177th March 2017
Amy Blakeway writes on Marie de Guise, Queen of Scots from 1538 to 1542, who was the mother of the more widely known Mary, Queen of Scots. Continue reading

It’s not over until…

7th March 20177th March 2017
The Dangerous Women Project is almost over. We want to include your voice! Contribute to the final post – What has a year of dangerous women meant to you? Continue reading

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