The following post presents reflections on intersectionality and history based on a panel held at the 2016 Australian Women’s History Network conference; it – along with other papers from the conference – originally appeared in Lilith: A Feminist History Journal 23 … Continue reading
Laura Rademaker reflects on the challenges of bringing a young baby to an academic conference which offers no childcare. This year, I took a four-month-old baby to the annual Australian Historical Association Conference (AHA). The conference was excellent. Bringing a … Continue reading
For the 50th anniversary of Australia’s 1967 Referendum, Lucy Davies and Kate Laing reflect on the activism of Indigenous elder, Joyce Clague. In 1967, a national referendum was held and 90.77% of Australian citizens voted YES, the greatest ever national referendum majority … Continue reading
Judith Armstrong reflects on different genres of history and the process involved in writing her recent book on Australian translator, Dymphna Clark. Having been lucky enough to publish eleven books in Australia, the UK and the US – five while … Continue reading
Sonya Wurster explores why so many women continue to be diverted out of academia as they progress through a university career. The leaking pipeline refers to the disproportionate number of women who exit the university system as they progress from … Continue reading
To celebrate Valentine’s Day, Angela Wanhalla explores the emotional and legal complexities of marriages between South Pacific women and their American lovers during World War II. Mihipeka Edwards bore witness to the excitement and emotional turmoil generated by thousands of American … Continue reading
Feminists must continue to prioritise a gendered analyses of politics, Chilla Bulbeck demonstrates in her examination of the ‘gender gap’ in voting. Donald Trump is now the 45th President of the United States. Progressives take heart, however, at outpourings of unpopularity: … Continue reading
Australian Women’s History Network convenors Jordy Silverstein and Mary Tomsic reflect on 2016 and what is to come for the network, historians and the world in 2017. It’s hard to know how to summarise a year in the life of … Continue reading
VIDA Managing Editor Ana Stevenson reflects on how Ms. Magazine disrupted the masculinist language associated with the Christmas season in 1972. Following a highly successful first year of publication, Ms. Magazine circulated its first holiday edition in December 1972. A second-wave feminist magazine with remarkable longevity, … Continue reading
As Queensland debates decriminalising abortion, Lisa Featherstone reviews what lack of access to safe and legal abortions historically meant. Currently Queensland parliament is debating the decriminalisation of abortion. The Private Members Bill has been introduced by Cairns Independent Rob Pyne, … Continue reading