Protestors at the March 4 Justice in Brisbane, 2021. Dave Hunt/AAP March 7, 2024 What are the four waves of feminism? And what comes next? Sharon Crozier-De Rosa, University of Wollongong We’re used to describing feminism in ‘waves’, from the first in 1848, campaigning for women to vote, to the current fourth wave, in the age of #metoo. But do waves still work to describe feminism?
A silent protest parade in New York City against the East St. Louis riots in 1917. Library of Congress April 20, 2021 What is suffragette white? The colour has a 110-year history as a protest tool Michelle Staff, Australian National University From Emmeline Pankhurst’s Women’s Social and Political Union, to Christine Holgate and Brittany Higgins, suffragette white has a long history.
December 14, 2020 The ‘epicentre of women’s suffrage’ — Kate Sheppard’s Christchurch home finally opens as a public museum Katie Pickles, University of Canterbury Overlooked for decades, the house where the women’s suffrage campaign was launched finally becomes a public landmark.