Posts by Pamela
Talking About Women’s History: Three Questions and an Answer with Sarah Percy
Sarah Percy is associate professor at the University of Queensland. The author of Mercenaries and Forgotten Warriors: The Long History of Women in Combat, she completed her MPhil and DPhil as a Commonwealth Scholar at Balliol College, Oxford. She lives in Brisbane, Australia. Take it away, Sarah! What inspired you to write Forgotten Warriors? A historical puzzle got…
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Wise Women
One of the things I enjoy most about Women’s History Month is the fact that people share interesting programs about women’s history that I would never have found on my own. Programs that I can then share with you. Today’s unexpected treasure is Wise Women, a sixteen-episode podcast series about women in philosophy, put on…
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Talking About Women’s History: Three Questions and an Answer with Carolyn Whitzman
Carolyn Whitzman is a writer and housing policy researcher who lives in Ottawa, Canada. She is the author of Clara at the Door with a Revolver: the scandalous Black suspect, the exemplary white son, and the murder that shocked Toronto (UBC/ On Point Press, 2023) a riveting true-crime story centered on a courageous Black woman…
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