Arts & Creativity

Stay tuned for original creative work inspired by ‘dangerous women’, including:

  • The first woman in England to demand a divorce
  • William Wordsworth’s inspiring sister
  • A 19th century astronomer who outshone her male colleagues to discover almost 400 stars.

We’ll also feature commentary and analysis on creative women across the years, from pop sensations to avant-garde painters.

 

Feeling artistic? Submit your own creative response to ‘what does it mean to be a dangerous woman?’

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Flora Annie Steel: The Female Kipling?

An outspoken critic of colonial inefficiency and corruption, writer of novels and short stories

Juliet Shields teaches British and American literature at the University of Washington in Seattle. She’s currently writing a book about nineteenth-century Scottish women writers, many of whom were quite dangerous. Flora Annie Webster Steel (1847-1929),Continue reading Continue reading