Damned Whores and God's PoliceFeminist perspective first published in 1975 of how Australia's history and culture have limited women's roles in society. A new introduction discusses changes relevant to each original chapter and comments on issues still requiring change. The final chapter of the first edition, an attempt to look into the future, is replaced with an analysis of the women's movement from 1975-93. Summers is a former consultant to Prime Minister Paul Keating's Office for the Status of Women and currently editor of 'Good Weekend' magazine. |
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Page 396
... suffrage activities in England . Together they formed the first Australian group , the Woman's Suffrage Society . This was followed in Sydney in 1889 by the Dawn Club , formed by Louisa Lawson as a social reform club for women . It ...
... suffrage activities in England . Together they formed the first Australian group , the Woman's Suffrage Society . This was followed in Sydney in 1889 by the Dawn Club , formed by Louisa Lawson as a social reform club for women . It ...
Page 399
... suffrage as a legitimate demand until it had first obtained its prime objective : the abolition of plural voting . Immediately after its inception , the WSL wrote to the Parliamentary Committee of the Trades and Labour Council asking ...
... suffrage as a legitimate demand until it had first obtained its prime objective : the abolition of plural voting . Immediately after its inception , the WSL wrote to the Parliamentary Committee of the Trades and Labour Council asking ...
Page 420
... suffrage ; United States 1920 . - - 3. Peter Biskup , The Female Suffrage Movement in Australia , B.A. Honours thesis , University of Western Australia , 1959 , p . 68 . 4. Ian Turner , ' Prisoners in Petticoats : A Shocking History of ...
... suffrage ; United States 1920 . - - 3. Peter Biskup , The Female Suffrage Movement in Australia , B.A. Honours thesis , University of Western Australia , 1959 , p . 68 . 4. Ian Turner , ' Prisoners in Petticoats : A Shocking History of ...
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