The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth Century Australia is...
The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth Century Australia is an exciting new online resource that documents the many and varied ways that Australian women have contributed to Australian...
View ArticleIt’s official: Australian women are under represented in Australian parliaments.
Research undertaken by Dr Joy McCann and Janet Wilson, on behalf of the Department of Parliamentary Services, confirms that across Australia, women continue to be significantly under-represented in...
View ArticleCongratulations Elizabeth Broderick and all of Australia’s 2014 Women of...
Ten extraordinary women have been recognised as part of a new generation of leaders making their mark in their chosen fields and on the national stage, the judges of The Australian Financial Review and...
View ArticleVale Heather Southcott AM: First woman to lead a political party in Australia
Australia has lost another inspirational political leader in Heather Southcott, who died on Friday 21 November 2014, aged 86. In 1982, Southcott became the first woman to lead a political party in...
View ArticleVale Joan Kirner (1938 – 2015): You leave a lasting legacy.
Joan Kirner, Victoria’s first woman premier, passed away on Monday after succumbing to oesophageal cancer. She was only seventy-six. Politicians from both sides of the political divide were united in...
View ArticleCongratulations, Chief Justice Catherine Holmes
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has appointed a new Chief Justice, Catherine Holmes. A founding member of the Queensland Women’s Legal Service, Holmes has enjoyed a prominent profile in...
View ArticleA day in the working life of a (retired) historian: Patricia Grimshaw
VIDA, a collaborative blog about the research and practice of feminist history, with a specific focus on gender and women’s history, is an initiative of the Australian Women’s History Network (AWHN)....
View Article‘Stirrers With Style’: Telling Stories of Women Leaders Through an Online...
Title: ‘Stirrers With Style’: Telling Stories of Women Leaders Through an Online Exhibition Date: 19 October 2106, 1-2 pm. Where: Leigh Scott Room, First Floor, Baillieu Library, University of...
View ArticleVale Jill Roe (1940 – 2017)
The community of Australian historians is in mourning after the passing of Jill Roe on 12 January 2017. Jillian Isobel Roe, best known for her biography of Miles Franklin published in 2008, was a...
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Redefining Leadership: Exhibition opens on 8 March 2019.
If you are visiting Canberra in March, I encourage you to have a look at the Redefining Leadership exhibition, on display in the Canberra Centre, outside T2, from March 8th-18th. The women and non...
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