Annie Oakley: A Feminine Force in the Masculine World of Sharpshooting
Born towards the tail-end of America’s infamous ‘Wild West’ era, Annie Oakley (1860 - 1929) emerged as a pioneering figure.
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Katie Phillips
Sep 14 min read
Suffrage Pioneers: New Zealand
For many of us in Britain, an Anglo-centric education has positioned Britain and the USA at the forefront of the women’s suffrage movement.
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Kathryn Berry
Aug 46 min read
'Ar'n't I a Woman?': The Life and Activism of Sojourner Truth
Within abolitionist and early feminist history, especially Black feminist history, many recognise a single name: Sojourner Truth.
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Kathryn Berry
Apr 146 min read
Hazel Scott: Pianist, Protestor, Pioneer
“I’ve always known I was gifted, which is not the easiest thing in the world for a person to know..."
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Isobel Wright
Feb 1610 min read
Can I love rom-coms and still be a feminist?
There must be something special within these films, having cultivated such prolonged popularity, but is it at the expense of feminism?
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Abby Louise Woodman
Jan 1411 min read
Lilibet and Daisy: Defining Modern Queenship
What does 'queenship' mean in the twenty-first century?
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Anouk Saint
Nov 21, 202315 min read
“Red hair is my lifelong sorrow”: Reflections on the literary and historical trope of redheads
There is pattern across centuries of troubled or troubling women sharing a common feature of red hair.
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Jillian Ducker
Nov 6, 202313 min read
And Your Point Is?: Remembering Lella Lombardi
Where are the women in Formula One?
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Michal Emil Delost
Oct 29, 202311 min read
Vengeful Spirits, Wronged Women, and Cursed Video Tapes: How the Onryo Became a Horror Icon.
You have seven days to pass on the tape, else you will meet your fate with a vengeful spirit.
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Megan Laing
Oct 22, 20236 min read
The 1960s Asylum Setting: Lived by Women, Hijacked by Men
What do Girl, Interrupted, American Horror Story, and the work of Sylvia Plath have in common?
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Laura Castanheira
Oct 15, 202316 min read
Dancing Dames: the Women of the Mayerling Incident Represented in Ballet
The Royal Opera House ballet adapts the Mayerling Incident of 1889 where the Habsburg's lost their heir - and the women take centre stage.
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Isobel Wright
Sep 30, 202310 min read
Remembering the Female Pioneers of Early Cinema
“There is nothing connected with the staging of a motion picture that a woman cannot do as easily as a man
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Mayu Sadler
Sep 25, 20236 min read
Suzanne Césaire: The missing mother of the Negritude movement
Is it the eternal plight of women then, to be erased from the textbooks, the movements, from history itself?
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Abby Louise Woodman
Sep 3, 202313 min read
Vita and Virginia: Mental Health, Scandal and Bisexuality
It wasn’t until I rewatched the film for the purposes of this article that I noticed just how well Debicki portrays female queerness.
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Megan Laing
Aug 15, 20236 min read
Dump Him <3: Leave Your Man fiction in Pre-19th Century Theatre
How many couples do you know who have split up in the last year? Now, how many celebrity couples? What about divorces?
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Ayila Houngbo
Jul 29, 20236 min read
Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Godmother of Rock-n-Roll
Easily one of the most overlooked artists of the 20th century, Sister Rosetta Tharpe paved the way for rock-n-roll artists...
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Abby Louise Woodman
Jul 18, 20234 min read
Philanthropist, artist, saviour: Catharine Dowman
Catharine Dowman probably won’t be a name you’re familiar with, unless you’re an ardent fan of early twentieth-century British Maritime lore
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Janey Jones
Jul 9, 20236 min read
Sophia Jex Blake & The Edinburgh Seven
In 1869, Sophia Jex Blake arrived in historic Edinburgh on a heartfelt mission. She wanted to study medicine at Edinburgh University and ach
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Abby Louise Woodman
Jun 4, 202312 min read
Madame de Pompadour and The Doctor
Is historical fiction good or bad for women’s history?
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Abby Louise Woodman
Mar 28, 20234 min read
Marsha, instigator? activist
‘My life has been built around sex and liberation’
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