Australian Women's History Network

An exploration of the media positioning of homeless women across Australian history by Anne O’Brien. This piece was originally published by the ABC on 12 December 2018. One of the less remarked upon by-products of the neoliberal ascendancy is the … Continue reading →

Gemmia Burden explores the problematic history of the relationship between museum practice, gender and race, and museums’ privileging of white men. The recent appointment of Anthea M. Hartig as Director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History (NMAH) was … Continue reading →

Lisa Featherstone and Andy Kaladelfos explore how history repeats itself when it comes to domestic violence and the criminal justice system. Please be advised that this content contains graphic descriptions of violence that may be distressing to readers. Last week … Continue reading →

Frances Steel offers insight into the world of the women who worked on American luxury passenger liners crossing the Pacific from the 1950s. In the maritime world, service work was long dominated by men. Women were first employed in small … Continue reading →

The Liberal Party of Australia’s gender problem, Ella Kuskoff argues, is more related to questions about violence against women than we might like to think. Search “women in politics” online and you will be confronted with a long list of … Continue reading →