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Appreciating Her-story in history

Writing for the Humanities Research Institute, undergraduate student Molly Taylor reflects on Women's History Month and how women's achievements are recorded, or not, in history.

6 April 2022

Images from the exhibition at the Great North Museum for International Women’s Day

Pottery depicted men as heroic and knowledgeable, and women as homemakers.

Pottery depicted men as heroic and knowledgeable, and women as homemakers.

Statues at the time often depicted men naked, and women as clothed and chaste.

Statues at the time often depicted men naked, and women as clothed and chaste.

Women’s jewellery was a large part of Ancient Greek culture and was used to show social class and heighten women’s beauty.

Women’s jewellery was a large part of Ancient Greek culture and was used to show social class and heighten women’s beauty.

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Inst. Creative Arts Practice
Humanities Research Institute
Institute for Social Science