History Council Victoria

In March we celebrate Women’s History Month, part of the context for annual celebrations of International Women’s Day on 8 March. In this seminar three historians share their experience of researching women’s lives, as biographical dictionaries strive to increase their representation of women.  From a medieval countess to Victoria’s female criminals, the stories uncovered range widely in both time and place, pointing to the richness the archives can yield ‘with a little more effort and research’.   Panellists: Dr Carolyn…