Happy International Women's Day 2022!

To celebrate the achievements of women and their efforts to drive change across all aspects of society, we want to share with you some fantastic curated free content from several Bloomsbury digital resource platforms. These free-to-access resources illuminate a rich variety of women's lived experiences, the challenges they have faced and the impact they have had.?

Bloomsbury Cultural History

Steven Muir and Laurence Totelin's chapter 'Medicine and Disease' in A Cultural History of Women in Antiquity: Learn more about the important roles played and the contributions made by ancient women as medical practitioners, authorities and patients through the healing process.

'Scapegoat Survivors: Japanese Comfort Women and the Contemporary Justice Movement' from Caroline Norma's book The Japanese Comfort Women and Sexual Slavery During the China and Pacific Wars: Explore why the lived experience of prostituted women and civilian prostitution is important if we are to apprehend a more historically accurate picture of the wartime system.

Screen Studies

So Mayer's ‘Being a together woman is a b***h’: An ‘African American woman’s film’ genealogy of Julie Dash’s Four Women (1975): Delve into how continuing an African American womanist genealogy celebrates the existence and persistence of black women across time.

Human Kinetics Library

Ellen J. Staurowsky's 'Women's Sport Through the Lens of History': Learn about how Victorian ideals of female inferiority and male superiority have shaped sport, and how this has influenced opportunities for women in sport.

Ellen J. Staurowsky's 'Women's Sport in the 21st Century': Explore the concept of the female athlete paradox in depth.

Bloomsbury Medieval Studies

Elena Woodacre's chapter 'Queenship' in the Encyclopedia of the Global Middle Ages: Delve into the lives of royal women as the author analyses their agency and activity.

Lois L. Huneycutt's chapter 'Tamar of Georgia, 1184-1213' in the Encyclopedia of the Global Middle Ages: Learn about the ruler of the medieval kingdom of Georgia at the height of the country's political power and influence.??

We hope you enjoy exploring this selection of free-to-access International Women's Day content, and that these inspire you to strive towards a more gender equal world, free of bias, stereotypes and discrimination. Together, we can all #BreakTheBias!

If you want to explore any or all of Bloomsbury's digital resources further, you can request a free trial to any of the above digital platforms and more. Alternatively, contact Kate at the JCS support desk on [email protected] or +44 (0)1865 987211 for further information.