Why should we challenge assumptions about second-wave feminism in Aotearoa New Zealand?

by Managing Editor Posted on May 24, 2024

Geena Carlisle explores the history of second-wave feminism in Aotearoa New Zealand, focusing on the exchanges and tensions between Māori and Pākehā women. In 1893, Aotearoa New Zealand became the first nation where women gained the right to vote and … Continue reading →

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‘Laborious learning or painful pondering’: Bluestockings and the Uses of History in Australian Higher Education Politics

by Managing Editor Posted on April 10, 2024

In this blog, Anna Temby explores the history and evolution of the Bluestocking philosophy from the eighteenth to the twenty-first century. In the early 1980s, the Australian Union of Students (the precursor of the National Union of Students (NUS) established … Continue reading →

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Compiling an Oral History of Oral Contraceptives in Australia: It’s NOW or Never

by Managing Editor Posted on March 7, 2024

In this blog, Natasha Szuhan explores the history of oral contraceptives and the need for more voices and stories from early users of the Pill in Australia from 1961-1991. These last months have been beset with death and debility. Not … Continue reading →

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Join the editorial team for VIDA: Blog of the Australian Women’s History Network!

by Managing Editor Posted on February 7, 2024

Seeking Expressions of Interest for a new Managing Editor and/or Commissioning Editors for VIDA: Blog of the Australian Women’s History Network. The Australian Women’s History Network is seeking Expressions of Interest (EOIs) from emerging and established historians who are interested … Continue reading →

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When Spain ‘put on purple glasses’: Restyling the ‘feminist colour’ for an age of austerity

by Managing Editor Posted on December 12, 2023

Micaela Pattison explores the history of the colour purple within feminist protest, particularly as it pertains to the Spanish experience. At nightfall on 8 March 2018, a reported ‘purple tide’ in Spanish politics took physical form. Millions marched through the … Continue reading →

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A Shared Milestone: Experiences from my first AHA Conference

by Managing Editor Posted on November 28, 2023

Rachel Macpherson reflects on her first experience at the 2023 Australian Historical Association Conference, with the conference theme of ‘Milestones’. The 2023 Australian Historical Association Conference opened avenues of research and connection that I could have never fathomed. The conference theme … Continue reading →

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Icons of the ‘Comfort Women’ Movement:  Considering the Plight of Indonesian Survivor Activists 

by Managing Editor Posted on October 9, 2023

Katharine McGregor explores how Indonesian women engaged in activism after coming forward with their experiences of sexual violence during World War Two. The San Francisco Column of Strength Monument includes a statue made in the likeness of Kim Hak Sun (1924-1997), … Continue reading →

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