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This is what a feminist looks like : the rise and rise of Australian feminism / Emily Maguire.

By: Copyright date: Canberra, ACT : NLA Publishing, © 2019Copyright date: ©2019Description: 249 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cmContent type:
  • still image
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780642279453
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 305.42 23
Incomplete contents:
Introduction -- Politics -- Work -- Home -- Body -- Public space -- Onward -- References -- List of Illustrations -- Index.
Summary: A history of Australian feminism from the 1890s to the present day, examining the rise of feminism in the domains of work, home, body and public space. The book highlights and discusses the contributions of a number of important Australian feminists over this period, including migrant and Indigenous women and women with a disability. Women profiled include Catherine Helen Spence, Faith Bandler, Jessie Street, Zelda D'Aprano, Edith Cowan, Miles Franklin, Vida Goldstein, Pat O'Shane, Stella Young and others.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode
Book Book Jessie Street National Women's Library General Stacks 305.42 MAG (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available for reference in the library and ILL Signed by author. 90341

Copy signed by author.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-237) and index.

Introduction -- Politics -- Work -- Home -- Body -- Public space -- Onward -- References -- List of Illustrations -- Index.

A history of Australian feminism from the 1890s to the present day, examining the rise of feminism in the domains of work, home, body and public space. The book highlights and discusses the contributions of a number of important Australian feminists over this period, including migrant and Indigenous women and women with a disability. Women profiled include Catherine Helen Spence, Faith Bandler, Jessie Street, Zelda D'Aprano, Edith Cowan, Miles Franklin, Vida Goldstein, Pat O'Shane, Stella Young and others.

© National Library of Australia 2019

Text © Emily Maguire

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