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Latrobe Ladies Football Club 1921. Image: State Library of Queensland
Too successful. Has to stop.
A crowd of 10,000 turned up to the Gabba in Brisbane to watch Australia’s first public match in 1921. It was doing well in England too, but proceeds from some women’s matches were being donated to charities as revenue was not controlled by the English Football Association. Well! That had to stop. So women’s soccer teams were banned from using football grounds in both England and Australia.
Space Flight Director
Dr Makenzie Lystrup has been appointed director of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (April 2023), which has a $4 billion portfolio and workforce of 10,000 scientists and engineers.
Smuggled to Antarctica
Image:© Australian Antarctic Division
In 1961 women were not allowed to visit Antarctica but artist Nelle (Nel) Law became the first Australian woman to set foot on Australian Antarctic Territory after she was smuggled aboard a research ship by her husband. Apparently, the outcry was very loud!
Taliban decides that Beauty Salons threaten Morality.
KABUL, July 4 , 2023 – Reuters reports that the Taliban administration in Afghanistan has ordered beauty salons to close within a month.
“The deadline for the closing of beauty parlours for women is one month,” Mohammad Sadiq Akif, a spokesperson for the Ministry for the Prevention of Vice and Propagation of Virtue, said on Tuesday, referring to a ministry notice.
Marriage Bar - 1902 to 1966
A law was passed in 1902 that booted women from their jobs in the Australian public service once married. Faced with a choice that is difficult to comprehend today, women were required to give up their jobs once they married, leaving many with the choice of relinquishing their paid work or attempting to conceal their new marital status. It wasn’t until 1966, that the Public Service Act was amended, allowing women to retain their permanent status upon marriage.
Sotheby's Stuffs Up
Sotheby’s organised an auction of Glitch Art NFTs by recognised artists. Patrick Amadon was the first to pull his work when it was pointed out that not one female digital artist was represented, making the point that it was ironic because some of the best-known Glitch artists were women. Other male artists followed. Sotheby’s redressed the gender balance and relaunched in April 2023.
Not sure what Glitch Art is? Amadon’s work.
‘Use my correct title!’
Australia’s leader of the opposition – Peter Dutton – struggles with the concept of a woman deputy speaker. He is called out for misgendering her during a debate in December 2022, after which he continued to improperly address her. Watch the count (1.46 mins).
I will not be lectured to about sexism and misogyny by this man.
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