Lesbians were misrepresented and parodied by men in ancient Roman texts. Yet these depictions can reveal a lot if we read between the lines.
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Influencer culture is not a thing of the past, and yet the movers and shakers of post-revolutionary France are proof that writing lifestyle columns and trending is a centuries-old pursuit.
During and after WWI, thousands of American women acted as mothers for displaced French children. A war studies research fellow weighs in with considerations for teaching this vital, often overlooked part of transatlantic wartime history.
Women have moved from mapmakers using their bodies to depict maps to being leaders shaping the field of cartography.
Over a third of GCSE, AS and A-level exam papers in 2023 made no mention of women at all.
The lady and legend has been endlessly remixed, from appearances in art, to music (including Queen’s Don’t Stop Me Now), and even chocolate.
Despite its central role in human history, pregnancy has often been overlooked in archaeology.
The film highlights Maria Anna Mozart’s legacy, as well as the struggles women musicians faced in the 18th century (and continue to today).
Collecting shells was a common past time in Enlightenment Britain, when elite women were becoming increasingly interested in science.
The books aim to write women back into history for children to see that women are able to take up powerful positions in society.
Captain Cook’s sailors traded nails for sex, but the history of intimate encounters and their impact on women throughout the Pacific is still largely ignored.
Women’s solo sex can be taboo even today. But in 17th century England it featured in many texts from poetry to medical books, suggesting knowledge or even acceptance of female self-pleasure.
It’s been 100 years since the murder of Marxist revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg.
The first woman to write a mathematics textbook was a passionate advocate for the education of women and the poor in the 18th century.
In history, as in historical fantasy, women have an uneasy and dangerous path to power.
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Director of the Centre for History Heritage and Memory Studies; Associate Professor in History, Nottingham Trent University
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Lecturer, University of Leeds
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Professor, University of Leeds
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Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Lecturer in History of Art and Liberal Arts, University of Bristol
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Senior Lecturer, Applied Language and Literacy Studies, University of Cape Town
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Professor of History, University of Canterbury
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PhD Reseacher in the Department of History, European University Institute
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McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Professor Emeritus of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Colorado State University
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Senior Lecturer in media School of Arts Australian Catholic University, Australian Catholic University
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Associate Professor of Archaeology, University of Leicester
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Senior Lecturer School of Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University
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Associate Lecturer in Classics, University of Tasmania