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Books & arts Zora Simic 20 May 2020 Books | We know a lot about Germaine Greer, but not so much about another trailblazer, Merle Thornton
Books & arts Susan Lever 22 April 2020 Books | Award-winning biographer Brenda Niall throws fresh light on four intriguing women writers Books & arts Zora Simic 1 April 2020 “Difficult” women have often played key roles in feminist history Books & arts Sara Dowse 2 March 2020 Books | Literary critic Vivian Gornick’s latest book is as much about life as it is about reading Books & arts Zora Simic 6 November 2019 Books | “In harming myself, I was harming others,” writes Bri Lee in her follow-up to Eggshell Skull
Books & arts Sara Dowse 4 October 2019 Books | Does gender and race fully explain the discrimination faced by women of colour?
Essays & reportage Lizzie O’Shea 9 September 2019 Extract | How collaborative work can be liberating and effective Essays & reportage Kristina Olsson 9 August 2019 Extract | How “micro-justice” is bringing real benefits to at-risk women and girls Books & arts Michelle Arrow 6 August 2019 Theatre | A new staging of Oriel Gray’s The Torrents allows its ideas to shine Books & arts Sara Dowse 25 July 2019 Books | Meticulously fairminded, Jess Hill uncovers a surprisingly consistent pattern to domestic abuse
Essays & reportage Sian Supski 25 July 2019 Published two years before The Female Eunuch, Margaret Fulton’s first cookbook had its own impact
International Lesley Russell 4 June 2019 The administration continues to roll out hostile policies Essays & reportage Ellen Broad 29 April 2019 The hazards of being a woman in technology Books & arts Drusilla Modjeska 19 April 2019 Books | Julienne van Loon asks all the right questions in this exploration of life in a precarious world Books & arts Susan Lever 8 March 2019 The 1970s saw the rise of women as a political constituency in Australia
Recovered Lives Melanie Nolan 8 March 2019 Introducing our collection of articles on Australian history’s missing women, in collaboration with the Australian Dictionary of Biography
Recovered Lives Barbara Dawson 8 March 2019 Ann Hordern (c. 1791–1871), founder of Anthony Hordern & Sons Recovered Lives Nichola Garvey 8 March 2019 Catherine Henrys (c. 1806–55) Recovered Lives Nichola Garvey 8 March 2019 Lydia Clay (1811–58), Elizabeth Quarmby (1822–93), Mary Ann Wentworth (1824–1911) and Ruth Richardson (1817–58), transportees Recovered Lives Julie McIntyre 8 March 2019 Mary Penfold (1816–95)
Recovered Lives Karen Fox 8 March 2019 Iza Coghlan (1868–1946), doctor
Recovered Lives Peter Davies 8 March 2019 Lucy Hicks (1833–1909), administrator Recovered Lives Meg Foster 8 March 2019 Mary Ann Bugg (1834–1905), Indigenous bushranger Recovered Lives Alison Alexander 8 March 2019 Mathinna (c. 1835—?), Port Sorell woman Recovered Lives Deborah Jordan 8 March 2019 Frances Georgina Watts Higgins (1860–1948), landscape architect and feminist
Recovered Lives Madeleine Lindsell 8 March 2019 Helen Australia (Nellie) Gregory (1863–1950) and Louisa Caroline Gregory (1865–1903), cricketers
Recovered Lives Melanie Nolan 8 March 2019 Ellen Peterson/Helen Packer/Madame Pacquer/“Bondi Mary” (1870–1941) Recovered Lives Nicole McLennan 8 March 2019 Lili Sharp (1876–1964), singer Recovered Lives Alexandra McKinnon 8 March 2019 Nell Malone (1881–1963), hospital orderly and governess Recovered Lives Emily Gallagher 8 March 2019 Ella McFadyen (1887–1976), writer and editor