TY - BOOK AU - Grey,Madeline TI - Challenging women: towards equality in the Parliament of Victoria SN - 9781921509049 AV - HQ1391.A8 G73 2009 U1 - 320.08209945 22 PY - 2009/// CY - North Melbourne PB - Australian Scholarly Publishing KW - Women KW - Political activity KW - Victoria KW - Women politicians KW - Feminism KW - 20th century KW - Politics and government KW - Women in politics - Victoria KW - Women politicians - Victoria KW - Feminism - Victoria - 20th century KW - Victoria - Politics and government - 20th century N1 - Includes index; Includes bibliographical references; Includes bibliographic references (p. 306-352) and index; Women in Parliament -- Women's Electoral Lobby -- Women in political parties -- MP's perceptions -- 'Feminisation' of politics -- Challenging the traditional model of political representation -- Twenty five years of women in Victorian politics -- Four decades of challenging women N2 - Examines the push by political activists to get women into Victorian Parliament and then gives women MPs the chance to reflect on the experience of getting into Parliament. They share their insights into the experiences of being challenged by the traditional male domain and their strategies for challenging it ER -