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Recovered Lives Alexandra McKinnon 8 March 2019 Kathleen Ussher (1891–1983), illustrator, writer, public servant
Recovered Lives Anne Rees 8 March 2019 Sylvia Breamer (1897–1943) Recovered Lives Shannon Lovelady 8 March 2019 Roma Craze (1915–95), intelligence analyst Recovered Lives Kathryn Wells 8 March 2019 Katipelvild Margaret (Pinkie) Mack (1858–1954), Yaraldi-speaking Piltindjeri clanswoman Recovered Lives Ross Carpenter 7 March 2019 Sadie Cambridge (1899–1968), ice-skating champion and coach
Recovered Lives R.D. Lappan 7 March 2019 Jessie (“Chubbie”) Miller (1901–72)
Recovered Lives Michal Bosworth and Charlie Fox 7 March 2019 Roma Catherine Gilchrist (1909–83), socialist, feminist and peace activist Recovered Lives Anne Rees 7 March 2019 A cache of letters reveals a fierce ambition and a fiery struggle Essays & reportage Hannah McCann & Lucy Nicholas 18 February 2019 Is “gender ideology” really a danger to feminism? National affairs Rob Hoffman 20 January 2019 Kelly O’Dwyer’s resignation highlights the pressures on federal ministers — and the Liberals’ continuing malaise
National affairs Peter Brent 9 January 2019 The polls show a clear trend in how voters are responding
International Lesley Russell 14 December 2018 It’s being called the new “Year of the Woman,” and it augurs badly for the Republicans Books & arts Susan Lever 7 December 2018 Elizabeth Kleinhenz explores the contradictions of Australia’s most famous feminist International Kerry Brown & Marya Shakil 22 November 2018 In a tale of two countries, India is reacting but China is largely unmoved Essays & reportage Margaret Simons 21 November 2018 The writer who remade the women’s column has been recognised by the Australian Media Hall of Fame
Books & arts Sylvia Martin 1 October 2018 Australian suffragettes played a sometimes flamboyant role in the fight for the vote, at home and in Britain
Books & arts Sara Dowse 14 September 2018 Books | Germaine Greer has always been sharper as a critic than as a proponent of solutions National affairs Judith Troeth 30 August 2018 From the archive | In 2010 Judith Troeth called for quotas to increase the number of Liberal women in parliament. She’s still waiting for the party to tackle the problem Books & arts Sara Dowse 9 July 2018 Books | Two writers grapple with the demands of motherhood, real and imagined Correspondents David Hayes 22 June 2018 Ireland’s vote to legalise abortion is having a percussive impact on its neighbours
National affairs Sophie Black 29 May 2018 Are restrictive defamation laws discouraging Australian women from coming forward?
International Lesley Russell 28 May 2018 Maternal and infant mortality rates in the United States are already shamefully high, and the Trump administration’s policies are making them worse. But California is… Essays & reportage Michelle Scott Tucker 8 April 2018 The story of Elizabeth Macarthur, a driving force in early New South Wales, highlights gaps in the story of colonial Australia National affairs Sophie Black 23 March 2018 #MeToo leapt to prominence by naming names, but it also kicked off a quiet revolution in the media (including a long-overdue New York Times obituary for Charlotte Bronte) Essays & reportage Jane Goodall 12 February 2018 Can the campaign encompass vastly different experiences?
Books & arts Sara Dowse 18 December 2017 Books | Mary Beard writes with characteristic verve about the long history of men silencing women
Correspondents David Hayes 6 December 2017 How the post-Weinstein furore shook British politics Books & arts Melanie Nolan 14 March 2017 The Australian Dictionary of Biography is looking for help in filling the gaps where notable women should be National affairs Tessa Morris-Suzuki 16 December 2016 Controversy over a statue in the city’s inner west has deep historical roots Essays & reportage Marian Sawer 8 December 2016 It wasn’t until 1966 that women in the Australian public service won the right to remain employed after marriage, overcoming resistance even from their own union