Law & Politics
Challenging authority, championing equality
Helen Kay explores the career, campaigns and achievements of University of Edinburgh alumna Chrystal Macmillan, who remained ‘a pleasant but dangerous woman throughout her life’.
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One woman’s struggle to become legally divorced in India
Papia Sengupta spent five years seeking a divorce under the Hindu Marriage Act of India. Here, she shares the legal and social challenges she faced along her journey.
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Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon explains what being labelled a ‘dangerous woman’ means for her
The Dangerous Women Project was inspired in part by powerful women being labelled–often by mainstream media outlets–as threats or as outright dangerous. Here, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon reflects on being given the title ‘dangerous woman’, and what women who challenge the status quo can achieve.
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Catherine Wilson: a dangerous woman in UK Parliament
How were women treated in early 20th century UK Parliament? Very differently to men. Catherine Wilson decided to challenge that in a subversive way: disguise herself.
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On independent thinking and honouring women’s career priorities in the 21st century
Anne-Marie Slaughter, President and CEO of think tank New America, uses the lens of time-travel to illuminate the challenges women face–and the threats they pose–in today’s economy.
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‘Lucretia Borgia or only a boarding school miss’?
Madeleine Smith’s trial for the murder of her lover, Emile L’Angelier, in 1857, combined those twin Victorian obsessions, sex and death, in a way that not only led to questions about womanhood in general, but about the whole fabric of society.
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The Canadian Government may have thought niqab-wearing women dangerous. Audrey Macklin and Zunera Ishaq disagreed.
The first Dangerous Women Project post considers what it means to be a dangerous woman from several angles. It features two voices in the landmark 2015 court case between a young Muslim woman–Zunera Ishaq–and the Canadian Government.
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