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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Anouk Saint
Jun 2314 min read
A Female Odyssey: Women Translating the Homeric Epics
If The Iliad was written down in the late eighth or early seventh century BCE, then why did the first translation by a woman take so long?
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Katie Phillips
Mar 296 min read
Olivia Guinness: The Woman behind the Irish Dynasty
Guinness will always be one of Ireland’s most famous exports, besides Paul Mescal and Riverdance.
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Gemma Craven
Mar 714 min read
Roses are red, violets are blue, singular they predates singular you*: the history of non-binary and the use of the pronouns they/them
DISCLAIMER: The author of this article, Gemma, uses she/her pronouns and the co-author and enby Director of The HERstory Project, Abby,...
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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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Michal Emil Delost
Jan 2811 min read
“Why you always rap about bein’ gay?” Queerness at the ends of homo-hop.
It is a common belief that hip-hop as a whole has always been firmly anti-queer. In truth, hip-hop is not a monolithic entity
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Beth Mitchell
Jan 215 min read
The 2017 Women's March
The start of a new year normally brings feelings of hope and optimism; in 2017, this was not the case.
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Phoebe Holmwood
Jan 718 min read
Winners Write History: Or Is It Just Men? The Memory of… Alice Perrers
The phrase ‘winners write history’ helpfully encapsulates how men have treated women throughout history. How is a ‘winner’ defined?
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Amy Whatmough
Nov 12, 202312 min read
My Wife the Auxiliary: An Exploration of Women’s World War One & Two Memorials in Britain.
There are lots of important women in global services, however, men still greatly prevail.
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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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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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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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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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Holly Russell
Jul 23, 20237 min read
Unveiling Her Legacy: Unmasking the Misgendering of Female Remains in Archaeology
A look at how the role and power of women is being lost through the misgendering of remains by antiquarians.
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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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Abby Louise Woodman
Jul 2, 202316 min read
…and they were roommates!
The Ladies of Llangollen, Anne Lister, Anna Seward, and the problem of "Modern History's First Lesbians"
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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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Abby Louise Woodman
Mar 22, 20236 min read
"Unbossed and Unbought": Shirley Chisholm
‘Unbought and Unbossed’ are the two words Chisholm described herself within the publication of her autobiography, the title her life’s motto
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Abby Louise Woodman
Mar 4, 20236 min read
Mary Frith, Transgressor
Mary Frith, better known as “Moll Cutpurse” is one of those historical figures that often feels too elusive to properly pin down.
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Abby Louise Woodman
Mar 3, 20235 min read
Mavis Best, an unappreciated reformer
Someone you may not have any awareness of in this list of women and equality throughout history is British councillor Mavis Best.
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