Remembering Women's Activism
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Agron Latifi, ‘UOW historians’ new book shines a light on women who have changed the world’, Illawarra Mercury, 6 December 2018
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India Glyde, ‘Marching On: The History of Women’s Activism’, The Stand (UOW), 4 December 2018
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“‘Preserving Their Own Memory: Constitutional Suffragism and the Fawcett Society’ from Remembering Women’s Activism by Sharon Crozier De-Rosa and Vera Mackie”, LSE Review of Books, 23 November 2018
Remembering Women’s Activism examines the intersections between gender politics and acts of remembrance by tracing the cultural memories of women who are known for their actions.
Memories are constantly being reinterpreted and are profoundly shaped by gender. This book explores the gendered dimensions of history and memory through nation-based and transnational case studies from the Asia-Pacific region and Anglophone world. Chapters consider how different forms of women’s activism have been remembered: the efforts of suffragists in Britain, the USA and Australia to document their own histories and preserve their memory; Constance Markievicz and Qiu Jin, two early twentieth-century political activists in Ireland and China respectively; the struggles of women workers; and the movement for redress of those who have suffered militarized sexual abuse. The book concludes by reflecting on the mobilization of memories of activism in the present.
Right: Cover of Remembering Women’s Activism, click to download PDF of the introduction