Infinite Women

Dr Toner Stevenson, the co-author of Eclipse Chasers, which includes women's contributions to solar eclipse science. Dr. Stevenson’s PhD research delved into the stories of the women that worked as “computers”, “star measurers” and “clerical assistants” at Australian observatories on the Astrographic Catalogue project, an international effort to map the entire night sky that took decades.

Read the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Toner-Stevenson-on-the-women-of-the-Astrographic-Catalogue-transcript.pdf

Read more about the women on the Infinite Women site:

https://www.infinite-women.com/women/muriel-agnes-heagney/

https://www.infinite-women.com/women/mary-emma-greayer/

https://www.infinite-women.com/women/charlotte-emily-fforde-peel/

Artist and writer Leeza Peters to talk about Elizabeth Woolcock, the only woman ever executed in South Australia, and for a crime that Peters believes may not have even happened.

Read the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Leeza-Peters-transcript.pdf

Aida Brankovic, a Research Scientist with CSIRO, joins us to talk about software engineer Margaret Hamilton, the lead developer for NASA's Apollo flight software, who also coined the term “software engineering.”

Read more about Margaret Hamilton on the Infinite Women site: https://www.infinite-women.com/women/margaret-hamilton/

Read the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Aida-Brankovic-on-Margaret-Hamilton-transcript.pdf

Dr Ellie Woodacre, Reader in Renaissance History at the University of Winchester and author of Queens and Queenship, joins us to discuss how queens’ sexuality - real, imagined or perceived - impacts their public image.

Read the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Ellie-Woodacre-on-queens-sexuality-and-reputation-transcript.pdf

Dana Rubin, author of Speaking While Female: 75 Extraordinary Speeches by American Women and creator of the Speaking While Female Speech Bank, joins us to explore the secret history of women’s speech, its impacts today and how things have changed (but perhaps not enough).

Discover women's words at the Speaking While Female Speech Bank: https://speakingwhilefemale.co/speaking-while-female/

Read the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Dana-Rubin-on-the-Secret-History-of-Womens-Speech-transcript.pdf

Dr. Brandy Schillace, Editor in Chief of Medical Humanities for the British Medical Journal, to discuss the ways in which society has historically pathologised women and continues to do so today.

Read the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Brandy-Schillace-on-pathologising-women-transcript.pdf

Dr Katia Wright joins us to talk about medieval queens as landowners.

Read the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Katia-Wright-on-medieval-queens-lands-transcript.pdf

Bianca Taubert, curator of the Adjutant General’s Corps Museum, joins us to discuss the UK’s Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps in World War I, their role and their legacy.

Read the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Bianca-Taubert-on-the-Womens-Army-Auxiliary-Corps-transcript.pdf

Holly Marsden, a PhD candidate at the University of Winchester and Historic Royal Palaces, joins us to talk about Mary Frith, AKA Moll Cupturse, a not-so-common criminal who became a legend of London.

Read the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Holly-Marsden-on-Moll-Cutpurse-transcript.pdf

Anne O'Hehir, Curator of Photography in International Art at the National Gallery of Australia, tells us about artist Nan Goldin and her large-scale work, The Ballad of Sexual Dependency. After being on display recently at the NGA, the show travels to the Art Gallery of Ballarat from 2 March 2024 to 2 June 2024 for the International Festival of Photography.

More info: photo.org.au/events/the-ballad-of-sexual-dependency

Read the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Anne-OHehir-on-Nan-Goldin-transcript.pdf

Read more about Nan Goldin on the Infinite Women site: https://www.infinite-women.com/women/nan-goldin/