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Tahuhu KoreroAug 6, 20202 minAda Lovelace: The First Computer ProgrammerThe below is a series of images referred to in the latest podcast entitled "Women in the Two Ages of Wonder: Episode 3 - Ada Lovelace"....
Michaela SelwayOct 17, 20197 minNotable Women in History You May Not Know Of But ShouldCecilia Payne-Gaposchkin Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin was born Cecilia Helena Payne on May 10, 1900. She was born in Wendover, England to...
Michaela SelwayOct 1, 20194 minA Turning Point for Māori Welfare: The Māori Women's Welfare League‘Our organisation does not exist because of segregation, but because of the very fundamental needs of our women, the most important of...
Tahuhu KoreroSep 17, 20192 minCaroline Herschel – Minder of the Heavens**Note: This blogpost is designed to be read alongside the latest podcast entitled "Women in the Two Ages of Wonder: Episode 2 - Caroline...
Michaela SelwayJun 14, 20194 minHerschel, Lovelace, Hamilton and Hopper: Women in the Two Ages of Wonder This is the first episode of a series that profiles women scientists during what Richard Holmes calls “The Age of Wonder”. This was a...
Michaela SelwayMar 15, 20196 minInternational Women’s Day: A Day for Celebration?Every year on the eighth of March, women from all around the globe declare what it means to them to be a woman and the countless ways...
Tahuhu KoreroFeb 26, 20195 minFirst Ladies As InfluencersMy interest in the American First Lady began when I was 14. One trip to the library found me engrossed in a biography on Jackie Kennedy...
Kathryn CammellFeb 12, 20195 minRuth Ross and Te Tiriti o WaitangiThe general principles that form the foundation of contemporary academic understandings of the Treaty were developed through the...