April 11 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm $50 - $65
https://www.rahs.org.au/event/seminar-women-in-history/
Join Carol Liston, Christine Yeats, Noeline Kyle and Joy Hughes as they explore topics from women’s history and techniques for researching women in history.
Speakers and Topics:
- Carol Liston – Women Convicts in NSW: Reassessing the Evidence
- Joy Hughes – Damsels, “Old Dames”, Reprobates and Recidivists: Women of Hyde Park Barracks.
- Noeline Kyle – The Dark Side of Nursing: Mythologies, murder, malpractice and mistakes.
- Christine Yeats – Chasing the ubiquitous “Mrs” in family history: wives, mothers, sisters and aunts in nineteenth and early twentieth century NSW.
