Alison Alexander, author of the biography The Ambitions of Jane Franklin, reflects on the life of this adventurous nineteenth-century lady as part of VIDA’s inspirational women series. There is a reason that today most history recalls fewer names of influential … Continue reading
Our series on inspirational women continues with Heather Sheard’s examination of Australia’s women doctors in World War I. As the Great War rolled into 1915, Australian women doctors became exasperated with the refusal of military authorities to accept their attempts … Continue reading
The VIDA blog Inspirational Women series continues with the life of Persia Campbell, a once-renowned Australian economist in the United States. On a spring evening in 1974, an elderly resident of Queens, New York was found unconscious on her kitchen floor. … Continue reading
The VIDA blog Inspirational Women series continues with a celebration of the life and scholarship of Australian early modern scholar Patricia Crawford. Patricia Crawford – Trish – was born Patricia Marcia Clarke on January 31, 1941. After graduating from The … Continue reading
On International Women’s Day, Melanie Nolan explores the Australian Dictionary of Biography and its ongoing efforts to include the lives of more women as part of VIDA blog’s Inspirational Women series. My job is an irksome one for a feminist scholar. Few people understand … Continue reading
Michelle Arrow reflects on the career of feminist activist Elizabeth Reid as part of VIDA blog’s series on Inspirational Women. Asked to name a famous women’s liberationist from 1970s Australia, most people would probably answer Anne Summers or Germaine Greer. … Continue reading
Susan Magarey reflects on the life of Catherine Helen Spence as part of VIDA’s Inspirational Women series for Women’s History Month. A charismatic public speaker at a time when women were supposed to speak only at their own firesides; a … Continue reading