by Dr. Claire E. F. Wright | Mar 20, 2026 | Uncategorized
Hello! I have just returned from hibernation following two really great conferences. The first was the annual Asia-Pacific Economic and Business History conference, held in Adelaide on the 4-6 February. I spoke about corporate masculinity, reconnected with fabulous...
by Dr. Claire E. F. Wright | Oct 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
I spend a lot of my time thinking about ‘femininity’. My work on the first history of women in corporate leadership requires that I discuss the assumed, and actual, wants and needs of corporate women. I examine the way women are expected to act, how they...
by Dr. Claire E. F. Wright | Mar 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
If you ever need a non-fiction bestseller, write a book on women in leadership. Every ambitious woman in middle and senior management will buy it, as will well-meaning men. The launch will be packed by women and men wanting to be seen to support the cause of...
by Dr. Claire E. F. Wright | Jan 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
In 2021, at the start of Sydney’s very long, very intense covid-19 lockdown, I proposed a side project to my research assistant, Chris, working in Canberra. The ACT was not in lockdown yet, and so Chris had access to all of the fabulous cultural institutions...
by Dr. Claire E. F. Wright | Nov 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
One of the nice things about working on DECRA is that you are encouraged (compelled?) to develop a community of colleagues in your area. To this end, in early 2023 I held a workshop collating new work on Australian women in business history. I have very fond memories...
