Women's History
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Vittoria Colonna marquioness of Pescara was involved in the Catholic Reform during the first half of XVI century. She was very close to cardinal Gasparo Contarini and cardinal Reginald Pole. Also she had paintings by Titian and... more
Mad women running on top of the mountains without the supervision of their husbands, ingestion of mind-altering concoctions, ecstatic nocturnal dancing to the rhythm of the frame drum, ritual sexuality, these and more are the ingredients... more
Abstract I beni della nobiltà nel Friuli moderno: un quadro d’insieme e alcuni casi di rivendicazioni maschili e femminili a cavallo del confine La realtà geopolitica presa in esame è quella del Friuli moderno, spartito, dopo la caduta... more
On Thursday October 31st at 5pm Palazzo Torres in Rome will held the presentation of the book about the history of the female Confraternity of Sant'Anna in S. Pantaleo, created in 1640 by St Joseph Calasanz, the founder of the first... more
At the height of the mid-twentieth-century domestic revival, middle-class Jewish women created forms of “leisured domesticity,” marked by temporary female-only recreational spaces in their family-centered arenas. In contrast to other... more
This is the text accompanying an exhibit and sale of my quilts, now on display at the Country Store and Farm, Vashon Island, WA. It is on display from 10/10 to 11/5/19, and five of the eleven quilts are for sale. I am thrilled to... more
The first batch of Filipino workers in Denmark arrived in the years 1960-1973 and thus prior to the formal institution of ‘labor export’ as a Philippine state policy in 1974. However, some of the Filipino Pioneers, as this generation... more
This paper examines the waqf (religious endowment) deed of Tatarkhān (Cairo, Wizārat al-Awqāf, no. q913), the daughter of the Mamluk amir Ṭashtamur and explains the process by which the testamentary waqf, which was a waqf established... more
This article re-examines József Deér’s claim that the crown uncovered in the tomb of Constance of Aragon (d. 1222) was originally her husband’s. His argument is based entirely on the shape of the crown itself, and ignores the context of... more
This essays collected in this cluster reimagine the modern working woman from the vantage of #metoo, tracing her navigation of networks of power—from domestic work to education, from the hospital to the Hollywood studio—in literature,... more
In The Representations of Women in the Middle Kingdom Tombs of Officials Ľubica Hudáková offers an in-depth analysis of female iconography in the decorative programme of Middle Kingdom non-royal tombs, highlighting changes and innovations... more
In 1873 George Ott committed his wife Dr. Anna B. Ott, a physician with a nearly twenty-year practice, to the Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane. She remained there until her death in 1893. By diagnosing Ott with mania, state... more
Segundo a teórica feminista Teresa de Lauretis, o cinema se enquadra enquanto uma tecnologia do gênero, ou seja, uma técnica e estratégia discursiva pela qual as relações de gênero são construídas e operadas. Nota-se, portanto, que não se... more
Entrevista concedida ao site Mulheres no Horror em julho de 2017
This paper is a rebuttal to the concept that women in Hebraic texts lived under a patriarchal system in which they were married off as "property"