Women as Australian citizens :

Women as Australian citizens : underlying histories / edited by Patricia Crawford and Philippa Maddern. - Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 2001. - xii, 284 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 261-271.

An exploration of what it means to be a female citizen in Australia. The authors show how women from different backgrounds, have, over centuries, rewritten their own citizenship. They argue that the legacies of these historical debates underlie understandings of modern Australian citizenship.

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Women--Australia.
Women--Social conditions.--Australia
Feminism--History.--Australia
Women's rights--Australia.

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