Liz Bird

Liz Bird MBE
Born	Elizabeth Bird 1945 (1945)
Died	11 November 2021(2021-11-11) (aged 75–76)
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Oxford
Academic work
Institutions	University of Bristol

Elizabeth Bird MBE (1945–2021) was a British academic. She was dean of arts at the University of Bristol.[1]

She studied at University of Perugia, Oxford University, University of Sussex, and Cornell University.[2]

She was a co-founder member of the Bristol Women’s Studies Group.[1][3] She co-edited the book, Half the Sky.[4] She was a printmaker with Spike Print Studio.[5][6]

Works

• Half the Sky: An Introduction to Women’s Studies ( 1979)
• "Women's studies and the women's movement in Britain: origins and evolution, 1970–2000", Women's History Review, ISSN: 0961-2025

References

1. "Dr Elizabeth Bird MBE, 1945-2021". University of Bristol. 11 November 2021. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
2. Taylor, Helen (12 November 2021). "Liz Bird obituary". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
3. "Women's Studies Group reunited". University of Bristol. 3 November 2010. Archived from the original on 6 December 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
4. Hightower, Marcus B. Weaver-; Skelton, Christine (4 September 2013). Leaders in Gender and Education: Intellectual Self-Portraits. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-94-6209-305-8.
5. Tapply, Sue (29 July 2016). "Bristol celebrates forty years of feminism". Women's Views on News. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
6. "PRINT AND PROCESS: BRITTANY EXPOSED by Liz Bird". Spike Print Studio. 14 February 2016. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.