Women in the Workplace
A research team in Australia has been uncovering the hidden histories of pioneer women lawyers, and have mounted an online exhibition.
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Breaking the Mould
Breaking the mould, Mary Kingsley posed a threat to those whose status and reputation rested on the pillars of Victorian imperialism.
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Swati Ali gives us insight into the dangerous women of her family over several generations of life in India.
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Mathematician Elizabeth Gasparim talks about what being a dangerous woman means to her, in Latin American as well as UK & US contexts.
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Dangerous women at the peace table
Laura Wise shows how women who negotiate peace deals are dangerous–not to the resolution of conflict but to the gendered history of war and diplomacy.
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Semiotic power of Her story
Ana Pavlić looks at the writing and activism of Marija Jurić Zagorka, who worked against the politics of her time to expose and improve the status of women.
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In the lead up to the US Presidential election, Meryl Kenny looks at gender in politics, from ‘dangerous’ and ‘nasty’ women to the glass ceiling above them.
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‘Brick in a soft hat’
Through art and essay, Susan Dessel recounts the work of Martha Gruening, journalist and activist for black civil rights in the United States of the early 20th century.
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On women in chemistry careers
‘I am convinced that it is dangerous for women in science not to label ourselves as feminists.’ On Ada Lovelace Day, Polly Arnold discusses gender in chemistry.
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