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Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand (PCANZ) Deaconess Collection |
The Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand (PCANZ) Deaconess Collection shines a light on a group of 175 New Zealand women, who over 75 years, from 1901-1975, served many of New Zealand’s poor and vulnerable yet to this day receive very limited recognition. The Deaconesses were an order for women in the Presbyterian Church. However, they could… |
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Collection of Sino-Nom Heritages in TrườngLưu Village |
The Sino-Nom Heritages in TrườngLưu village are a collection of 489 documents in the custody of ancestral houses of worship and private homes in TrườngLưu village, Vietnam. They date from the 17th to the 20th century. The collection includes sắcphong (royal edicts conferring a title on a person), administrative documents, hoành phi (horizontally… |
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Naebang-gasa: Song of the Inner Chambers |
Naebang-gasa is a poetic genre written by Korean women from the 16th century onwards and mainly enjoyed by women in the Yeongnam region. Through Naebang-gasa women were able to document the reality of their lives and have their voices heard in a male dominated society. In its early stages, Naebang-gasa focused on spreading Confucian values to women… |
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Papers of Jessie Street |
Feminist, activist, and diplomat Jessie Street was an instrumental figure in Australian and world politics during the twentieth century. She was active in Australian and international organisations concerned with the causes she supported. Her papers from 1914 to 1968 in the National Library of Australia document her personal and family life,… |
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