As well as dipping into stories from last year’s International Women’s Day, including blog posts from members of the OU community, you can learn how OU honorary graduate Kate Adie remembers a pioneering woman in a war zone; find out how Roxy Freeman grew up in a travelling family and ended up as the bestselling author of a memoir about her childhood; discover the women behind the OU’s success including archive audio from Anne Drake, the OU’s first occupational health nurse; and video clips from academics paying tribute to the inspiring women in their lives.
As OpenLearn takes a look at 60 of the world's most influential and pioneering women over the past 100 years with an interactive entitled The Real Women of the 20th Century, you can also read International Women’s Day-themed blog posts from Platform’s residential bloggers: Carrie Walton on how she’s been inspired by a family member she’s never even met and Society Matters blogger Raia Prokhovnik asks ‘does feminism still have something to offer?’
And over on iTunes U you can enjoy a collection of tracks about women in science, women in law and working mothers.
Find out more:
- International Women's Day group on Platform
- International Women's Day
- Study at the OU - Understanding society
