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Education and The Feminine Mystique
This is a year for celebrating feminist anniversaries. In my post of the 6th June I wrote about a local celebration that of the centenary of Emily Wilding Davison’s death – under the title ‘Deeds not Words’. The 50 year … Continue reading
The strange education of politicians
It is well known in the UK that present Members of Parliament are drawn overwhelmingly from privileged educational backgrounds – 35% have attended independent fee paying schools, and 90% have undergraduate degrees. Since 1950 only three UK Prime-Ministers did not … Continue reading
Margaret Thatcher – Chemist.
No UK based blog about women can ignore the death this week of Margaret Thatcher. She has been too important for us all in the last 40 years, and not in ways that we enjoyed. For someone like me who … Continue reading
Ice Age Women
Over the weekend I visited the Ice Age Art exhibition at the British Museum. This small but wonderful exhibition has as its theme the argument that our Ice Age ancestors 40,000 years ago were intellectually modern human beings whose aesthetic … Continue reading
International Women’s Day gets worryingly exclusive
I was lucky enough last Wednesday to be invited to a celebration of International Women’s Day, lucky enough to be served good wine and canapés of melted cheese, cooked chicken and tiny of dainty puddings in shot glasses in one … Continue reading
Campaign to Save our LunchTimes (SOLT)
It is time to start a workplace campaign to Save Our LunchTimes. In the last century – when I began my working life- lunch-times belonged to the workers. We could use this time to eat, drink, lie on the grass and chat, … Continue reading