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Articles by Anne Rees
Lessons from Australia: Persia Campbell and the International Afterlives of Federation-Era Welfarism
I would like to thank Glenda Sluga and the Scales of Economy Workshop participants for their feedback on an earlier version of this article, and am also indebted to the perceptive insights of the two anonymous reviewers. No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).
An Australian in silent Hollywood
Sylvia Breamer (1897–1943) Sylvia Breamer’s light might have well and truly dimmed — her movies have all but vanished and only a handful of film buffs and historians would recognise her name — but she was the toast of Australia during the silent film era. Alongside her better-remembered contemporaries, Louise Lovely and Enid Bennett, this famed beauty was the Naomi Watts or Cate Blanchett of her day, one of the first Australians to make it in Hollywood.
Another brilliant career
Kathleen Ussher (1891–1983), illustrator, writer, public servant Kathleen Ussher’s story of reinvention stretches across much of the twentieth century. She was, at various times, an illustrator, author, civil servant, hospital orderly and Hollywood journalist. Her career took her into literary and cultural circles, connecting her to a generation of successful Australian women, some of whom became prominent historical figures.
The pioneering envoy who “waged war” on Canberra
Julia Moore (1925–86), diplomat Julia Moore learnt young about the limits of “leaning in.” Six decades before Sheryl Sandberg sold the illusion that chutzpah could smash glass ceilings, Moore discovered through painful experience that talent, hard work and ambition were no match for a system designed to keep women down. Her encounter with this grim reality began in 1943, when she was among the first women allowed into Australia’s diplomatic service.
Why don’t we know their names?
399 words Why don’t we know their names? 8 March 2019 Introducing our collection of articles on Australian history’s missing women, in collaboration with the Australian Dictionary of Biography Right: The Cinderella Club Stall at the Annual Junior Red Cross Exhibition at Sydney Town Hall, c. 1930s. Ella McFadyen, profiled by Emily Gallagher for the Recovered Lives collection, is seated on far right. 1930s.
Hidden Women In History: Isabel Letham, Daring Australian Surfing Pioneer
David Myers Research Fellow, La Trobe University Isabel Letham and Duke Kahanamoku tandem surfing in Australia in 1916. Photo: Dee Why Library When we think of Australians who made history in 1915, the rugged Anzac is the figure who first springs to mind. A century after the Gallipoli campaign, that year has become near-synonymous with the mythologized soldiers who fought and died in the Dardanelles.
Sexual abuse, harassment and discrimination 'rife' among Australian academics
Sexual abuse, harassment and discrimination pervade parts of Australian universities, according to survey results released today by the Australian Women’s History Network. Of the 159 academics who completed our voluntary survey, from more than two dozen universities around Australia, 48.7% reported sexual abuse or harassment in the workplace. Sexual or gender-based discrimination were even more common, reported by 66.2% of respondents.
The women expats who found liberation
In Australia, Ker Conway is best known for her acclaimed memoirs, The Road from Cooraine (1989) and True North (1994), which recount how she fled the narrow, sexist world of her youth to pursue a life of the mind in New England. By the time The Road from Coorain was adapted for television in 2002, Ker Conway was one of Australia’s most iconic expats; a US equivalent to London-based figures such as Germaine Greer and Clive James.Less well known is the fact that Ker Conway was far from unique.
The Australian women expats who found liberation in the US
Obituary writers paid tribute last week to Jill Ker Conway, an Australian writer and historian who died on June 1 in Boston, aged 83, after spending most of her adult life in the US. Educated at Harvard, Ker Conway came to prominence in 1975 when she was appointed the first woman president of Massachusetts' august Smith College.
The Australian women expats who found liberation in the US
Obituary writers paid tribute last week to Jill Ker Conway, an Australian writer and historian who died on June 1 in Boston, aged 83, after spending most of her adult life in the US. Educated at Harvard, Ker Conway came to prominence in 1975 when she was appointed the first woman president of Massachusetts’ august Smith College.
US Locked up Australians Like Australia Does to Asylum Seekers Now
Lurking behind the debates about offshore processing lies a little-known historical irony: white Australians were once locked up in immigration centers that bore a striking resemblance to the Manus Island and Nauru detention centers, which were recently harshly criticised by the UN Human Rights Committee. And unsurprisingly, they were far from happy about it. Back in 1921, the United States introduced immigration restrictions based on national quotas.
When the US locked up white Australian immigrants like Australia does to asylum seekers
Lurking behind the debates about offshore processing lies a little-known historical irony: white Australians were once locked up in immigration centres that bore a striking resemblance to the Manus Island and Nauru detention centres, which were recently harshly criticised by the UN Human Rights Committee. And unsurprisingly, they were far from happy about it. Back in 1921, the United States introduced immigration restrictions based on national quotas.
Meet the woman who can lay claim to being Australia's first female judge
This has been a good year for women and the law. Back in January, Susan Kiefel was sworn in as the first female Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia. This month, Anne Ferguson was named the new Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria. There are female Chief Justices in Queensland and the ACT. Although sexism still pervades the legal profession, the tide of history is turning for women in the judiciary. Dame Roma Mitchell has longed claimed the title of Australia’s first female judge.
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