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Our Best State Asset: Women, babies, and citizenship in World War I

by Managing Editor Posted on July 19, 2024

In this blog, Katherine Weiss discusses citizenship of women and infants in wartime, and the role of maternity in ensuring state perpetuity. When you think of the word citizen, who or what comes to mind? It is often not a … Continue reading →

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The Australian Census and Changing Family Forms

by Managing Editor Posted on November 30, 2022

It is now more than forty years since the first births of babies born through in vitro fertilization (IVF) in Australia. How have changing forms of reproduction and family-making been reflected – or not – in Census documents? It is now … Continue reading →

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