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Challenging women : towards equality in the Parliament of Victoria / Madeline Grey.

By: Publication details: North Melbourne : Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2009.Description: 358 p. : ill., ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9781921509049
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.08209945 22
LOC classification:
  • HQ1391.A8 G73 2009
Incomplete contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
List(s) this item appears in: Women's Electoral Lobby: Stage 6 History Women's Movements
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Jessie Street National Women's Library 320.082 GRE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available for reference in the library and ILL 66534

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.

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.

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