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

Maguire, Emily,

This is what a feminist looks like : the rise and rise of Australian feminism / Emily Maguire. - Canberra, ACT : NLA Publishing, 2019. - 249 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.

National Library's deposit 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.

9780642279453 $29.99

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Peris, Nova, 1971- --Political and social views.
Scrymgour, Marion, b.1960.
Peris, Nova, 1971-
Scrymgour, Marion, 1960-
Peris, Nova, 1971- --Political and social views.


History.
Aboriginal Australians--Cultural assimilation.
Children, Aboriginal Australian--Institutional care.
Children--Institutional care.
Feminism.
Feminists.
Intervention (Federal government)
Political and social views.
Stolen generations (Australia)
Women.
Women--Social conditions.
Intervention (Federal government)--Australia--Northern Territory.
Children, Aboriginal Australian--Institutional care.
Stolen generations (Australia)
Children--Institutional care--Northern Territory--Darwin.
Aboriginal Australians--Cultural assimilation--History.--Northern Territory--Darwin
Women--History.--Australia
Women--Social conditions.--Australia
Feminism--History.--Australia
Feminists--Australia--Biography.


Australia.
Northern Territory.
Northern Territory--Darwin.

Australian


Biography.
History.

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