Tag: War
‘Cleopatra of the Secession’
Did you know one of the most famous spies in the U.S. Civil War was a woman? Deb Hunter delves into the story of Belle Boyd: ‘La Belle Rebelle’.
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The frustrating ambivalence of veiled (and unveiled) Algerian women in the decolonisation struggle
Paola Tenconi looks beyond first appearance to deconstruct the veil in Algerian colonial history.
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Australia’s Unruly Pankhurst
Geraldine Fela traces the political career of Adela Pankhurst – from communist anti-conscription campaigner to a conservative who assisted with the founding of a proto-fascist political party.
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The French Resistance heroine who outwitted the Gestapo
Today, the final of our Spy Week posts. Writer and historian Sian Rees explores the remarkable life and actions of French resistante Lucie Aubrac.
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Insight into one of ‘The Bletchley Girls’
In our second post for Edinburgh Spy Week, Tessa Dunlop shares the time she spent with Rozanne Colchester, one of the many women who worked as codebreakers at Bletchley Park during World War II.
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A dangerous girl?
Nina Fischer explores how Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi, now a figurehead in the Nabi Saleh anti-Occupation marches, presents challenges across the political spectrum.
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Their dangerous legacy in the post-Yugoslav space
The contribution of ‘partizanke’, or female partisan fighters, to the Yugoslav liberation war was unprecedented in occupied Europe. Here, Chiara Bonfiglioli explores the agency of these women and the reverberations of their actions to the present day.
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From 5th century BCE plays to their contemporary adaptions
In the lead up to a new adaptation of Aeschylus’s ‘The Oresteia’, Olga Taxidou reflects on the dangerous women of classical Greek theatre, and the changing treatment of these characters through the centuries.
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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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