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A history of active citizenship: the Australian Women and Leadership Project

Author: Nikki Henningham
Date: 15 March 2012
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Thursday, March 22, 2012

Come to a free public event at the State Library of Victoria. Dr Judith Smart and Dr Nikki Henningham will talk about work being undertaken for …

The First True American Woman Road-Racer

Author: Nikki Henningham
Date: 3 November 2011
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OK – she isn’t Australian, but I reckon the story of Julia Chase-Brand is worth telling to as wide an audience as possible. To a generation of women who enter …

Women and Leadership: Do we still need to talk about it?

Author: Nikki Henningham
Date: 30 August 2011
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Given that Australia’s prime minister and governor-general are women, is the discussion around women in leadership in this country done and dusted? Caro Cooper from the University of Melbourne scrutinises …

Digitise The Dawn: A campaign to raise funds to digitise Louisa Lawson’s Journal for Australian Women

Author: Nikki Henningham
Date: 9 February 2011
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The Dawn: a Journal for Australian Women was conceived and published by Louisa Lawson from 1888 to 1905. In the first edition she wrote “There has hitherto been no trumpet …

‘Our History Is Our Strength?’, PROV Seminar

Author: Nikki Henningham
Date: 1 February 2011
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Thursday, March 10, Time 1:00pm – 2:30pm

Our History is our Strength? A Free Seminar at PROV on March 10, 2011

March 2011 is the centenary of International Women’s Day. What …