Careers & Livelihoods
Glass ceilings? The challenges of leadership? Does a woman have to choose between care giving and her career?
We’ll publish posts looking at all of these themes.
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Photography, Surrealism, and Beyond
By reviewing the story of Lee Miller’s life, Patricia Allmer explores how the woman artist occupies a permanently impermanent position, constantly discovered and then re-discovered.
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Looks are a danger
Jelena Džankić considers the implications of being a tall academic woman and reaches the conclusion that looks can be dangerous
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…of Williamina Fleming
On the birth date of Scottish astronomer Williamina Fleming, we present a poem in memoriam from Gerda Stevenson.
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Utopian socialist. Dangerous woman?
Jelena Vasiljević draws our attention to the life and work of Flora Tristan, 19th century pioneer of feminism and socialism.
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Higher education, social work, and a career as a dangerous woman
Another senior academic woman – Viv Cree – shares her history of ‘dangerousness’ from the 1970s until the present day.
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‘A Fair Field and No Favour’
Jo Spiller admires the grit and fortitude of Sophia Jex-Blake, the Edinburgh Seven, and their campaign to secure women a University education.
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Reflecting on a career and life in legal scholarship
Former head of the University of Bristol Law School, Celia Wells examines how family and social histories define and shape professional choices and careers.
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A manifesto
‘To others, I am the dangerous woman. Not because I am armed with anything more deadly than a paring knife or a wooden spoon…’ Writer Stella Birrell responds to the central question of the Dangerous Women Project.
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Pioneering Nigerian administrator, academic and author
Co-written by Flora’s eldest daughter and niece, today’s post considers the life and accomplishments of this remarkable Nigerian woman.
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