Biography and history by barbara caine

Australian feminist historian

Barbara Caine
Born	(1948-04-02)2 April 1948 South Africa
Nationality	Australian
Education	Ph D Monash University
Alma mater	University of Sydney
Occupation	Historian & Professor
Employer	University of Sydney
Known for	Women History

Barbara CaineAM is an Australian feminist historian.^[1]

Biography

She was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, then her family settled in Australia in 1960.^[2] Since 2015 she has been the Head of the School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry at the University of Sydney.^[3] She has written extensively on British and Australian women's history, and has written biographies of a number of historical figures, including the Strachey family and the Webb family.

Caine researches and writes in the fields of nineteenth-century studies,^[4] women's history and biography and life-writing. She is an elected Fellow of t