Iola Mathews reflects on the process of writing her memoir of feminist awakening and activism, Winning for Women: A Personal Story. From 1984 to 1994 I was fortunate to work at the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) during the … Continue reading
To mark the launch of Alana Piper and Ana Stevenson’s edited collection, Gender Violence in Australia: Historical Perspectives (Monash University Publishing, 2019), we compiled a growing list of resources about gender violence around the world. Books Allen, Judith A. Sex and Secrets: Crimes Involving … Continue reading
Sharon Crozier-De Rosa and Vera Mackie explore the complex interconnections between the history of women’s activism and its memorialisation in the twenty-first century. In April 2019, Time Magazine released its annual list of the ‘100 most influential people’. Alongside such leaders … Continue reading
‘Who was colonial education for?’ Rebecca Swartz asks, in her new book about education across the British Empire, from South Africa to Western Australia. I have recently come to the end of what feels like a long journey, beginning with the … Continue reading
Michelle Arrow reflects on the process for writing a book that takes in a decade of rich social, cultural and feminist history: the 1970s. Decades are artificial constructs, as anyone who has been to a ‘fifties fair’ or ‘sixties party’ … Continue reading
Political scientist Linda Trimble reflects on her new book, Ms. Prime Minister: Gender, Media, and Leadership (University of Toronto Press, 2017). I started writing Ms. Prime Minister: Gender, Media, and Leadership well before Julia Gillard won the top job in Australia. Intending … Continue reading
Sharon Crozier-de Rosa reflects on her latest book, Shame and the Anti-Feminist Backlash: Britain, Ireland and Australia, 1890-1920 (2018, Routledge). From the 1880s to the 1910s, novelist Marie Corelli reigned as ‘Queen of the Bestsellers’, far outselling any fellow authors … Continue reading
Madeleine C. Seys reflects on the publication of her recent book and her lifelong love of fashion and Victorian literature. Dress and storytelling are intimately intertwined. Threads connect them: the literal and metonymic threads of our clothes as well as the … Continue reading
Kristyn Harman shares stories from her latest book about the forgotten convicts transported from New Zealand to Van Diemen’s Land. Tasmania’s world-heritage listed convict records provide extensive access to accounts of the lives of largely working-class nineteenth-century individuals. As well … Continue reading
Vicky Nagy explores anxieties about a network of female poisoners in nineteenth-century England. In the midst of tumultuous events in mid nineteenth-century England (revolutions on Continental Europe, famine in Ireland, Chartist revolts, and women demanding the right to vote) the … Continue reading