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Women are ‘running with leaded shoes’ when promoted at work, says study

19 Apr 2022

Promotion at work has greater emotional benefit for men than women, says a new study on gender and workplace emotion.

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What next for Japan's women?

30 Jun 2020

Japan's women are experimenting with new femininities in challenging times, a new book reveals

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Cambridge University Library unveils the rich histories, struggles and hidden labours of Women at Cambridge

05 Sep 2019

One hundred and fifty years since the first women were allowed to study at the University of Cambridge, Cambridge University Library will be sharing...

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Mexican Caste Paintings from the 18th century

When beauty matters: the politics of how we look

25 Aug 2016

Questions of beauty and its politics will be discussed at a summer school and conference next week (30 August to 3 September 2016). Participants will...

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1698 tax list from Shrewsbury

Mistress, Miss, Mrs or Ms: untangling the shifting history of titles

06 Oct 2014

In a paper published in the autumn 2014 issue of History Workshop Journal Dr Amy Erickson unravels the fascinating history of the titles used to...

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Inna Shevchenko of Femen

“Nudity does not liberate me and I do not need saving”

26 Jul 2013

When radical feminists took their cause from Europe to North Africa, the outcome was a deepening of the divides they sought to break down. Social...

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Advertisement from Daily Mail Ideal Labour-Saving Home, 1920

Who mops the floor now? How domestic service shaped 20th-century Britain

28 Jul 2011

From the fictional Downton Abbey to the modest suburban semi, domestic service has had a prominent role in the story, whether real or imagined, of...

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