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The trouble with Women Pirates…

July 21, 2012   No comments

Jo Stanley reflects on image, reality and the process of writing ‘outsider’ history What could be sassier, you might think, than a bold, sexy buccaneer?  Slightly dykey and into a light-hearted touch of woman-led bondage. Brandishing—but with a beautiful smile—a

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    Lily Montagu, Religious Reformer and Social Worker

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    By Rabbi Lawrence Rigal Today both Liberal and Reform movements now have women Rabbis and they use new prayer books written in inclusive language, where God Read More »
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    Eglantyne Jebb, 1876-1928, Founder of Save the Children and champion of children’s rights

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    By her biographer, Clare Mulley Eglantyne Jebb, an unlikely children’s champion? ‘To succeed in life, you must give life’ Eglantyne Jebb once wrote. But she herself Read More »
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    Women and femininity in the history of science

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    By Claire Jones Women have always participated in scientific endeavour, even before the term ‘scientist’ was invented. (The term ‘scientist’ is usually attributed to William Whewell, Read More »
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    Bathsua Makin, c 1608-1675

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    Scholar, writer, educator and early feminist Overview Bathsua Makin was one of a group of women, including Christine de Pizan, Margaret Cavendish and Mary Astell, who Read More »
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    Women in the 1920s

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    by Pamela Horn, (Stroud: Amberley, 2010), (Paperback) £16.00, ISBN 978-1-84868-811-7 Reviewed by Fiona Skillen Pamela Horn provides an informative and detailed account of life for women Read More »
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