Women and work: Gender disparity in Australian universities
Document Type
Journal Article
Publisher
Queensland University of Technology * Creative Industries Faculty
Faculty
Faculty of Business and Public Management
School
School of Accounting, Finance and Business Economics
RAS ID
471
Abstract
Women have been fighting for the right to participate in universities since 1873, when Sophia Jex Blake went to court with her fight to enrol at Edinburgh University. In rejecting her application, one of the judges stated: It is a belief, widely entertained, that there is a great difference in the mental constitution of the two sexes, just as there is in their physical conformation. The powers and susceptibilities of women are as noble as those of men; but they are thought to be different, and, in particular, it is considered that they have not the same power of intense labour as men.
Comments
Ellis-Newman, J. (2001). Women and work: Gender disparity in Australian universities. Media culture journal , 4(5), 380-390. Available here