Frauenmuseum Hittisau: Lecture on Birthculture in Vorarlberg

Frauenmuseum Hittisau: Lecture on Birthculture in Vorarlberg

The History of Vorarlberg's First and Last Maternity Home The maternity home of Lustenau was the first one to be opened in Vorarlberg (Austria). It was also the last one which was closed. Tonight, the cultural historian Nikola Langreiter will talk about the history of...

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Upcoming Group Exhibition of Herstorymuseum

Upcoming Group Exhibition of Herstorymuseum

September 17 - November 14, 2020 ADN Galería, Barcelona (https://www.adngaleria.com)   HERSTORYMUSEUM presents PERMISSION DE TRAVESTISSEMENT in the exhibition SHE, THE EYE, THE FINGER, THE HAND Margaret Harrison/Nuria Güell/María María Acha-Kutscher Curator:...

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Women’s Health and Covid-19

Women’s Health and Covid-19

The doctor and journalist Stefanie Schmid-Altringer has recently co-authored a book on women's health. In the podcast science unscripted she talks about gender medicine, empowerment and the pandemics's impact on women. "We have different symptoms that we need to...

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News from Mexico City’s Women’s Museum

News from Mexico City’s Women’s Museum

Mexican Federation of University Women (FEMU), and Mexico City’s Women’s Museum (MMM) FEMU is organizing its International Seminar on "The impact of the pandemic on women’s lives" that will take place on November 17-21, 2020, virtually through the MMM’s social...

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IAWM mourns the death of its member Elisabeth von Dücker

IAWM mourns the death of its member Elisabeth von Dücker

The International Association of Women's Museums (IAWM) deeply mourns the death of member and friend Elisabeth von Dücker, who died in July. In May, she had written to IAWM and was happy to be a member of the network. She had been connected to the women's museums and...

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THE FIRST ROOM. birth culture meets architecture

On 25th and 26th March the frauenmuseum hittisau invites to the online conference THE FIRST ROOM. More information in German: Die interdisziplinäre Online-Tagung durchleuchtet das Thema „Raum & Geburt“ sowie regenerative Prozesse, die in Zusammenhang mit dem...

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A Woman’s Museum For Americas No. 1 Suffragette

Failure is impossible These words addressed to the assembled women at her last women' s suffrage convention in 1906, became the motto of her fellow-combatants. Although Anthony sensed that she would not live to see women go to the polls in her lifetime, she was...

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“Be brave” like Nasrin

The Dutch resistance museum was established in 1984. Since its inception, the museum has hosted events and exhibitions related to resistance, peace and human rights annually. This year at the Dutch resistance museum, the exhibition "Be Brave" focused on three citizens...

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fair share! Visibility for Women Artists

Women artists occupied the Piazzetta in front of the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin, Germany under the motto fair share! Visibility for Women Artists on International Women's Day, Monday March 8, 2021. Between 2 and 3 p.m., a performative action took place in which female...

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