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 326
... factories in Tasmania : one at Launceston and the Cascades Factory in Hobart . ) Women in the Factories were divided into three classes . The First Class consisted of women who had recently arrived from England , women who had been ...
... factories in Tasmania : one at Launceston and the Cascades Factory in Hobart . ) Women in the Factories were divided into three classes . The First Class consisted of women who had recently arrived from England , women who had been ...
Page 327
... Factory had one woman , Susanah Denford , flogged and then dragged through the streets of Parramatta behind a dray.52 In 1836 , one hundred small dark cells were built at the Factory ' in order to try the effect of solitary confinement ...
... Factory had one woman , Susanah Denford , flogged and then dragged through the streets of Parramatta behind a dray.52 In 1836 , one hundred small dark cells were built at the Factory ' in order to try the effect of solitary confinement ...
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... Factory would be favourable . She was , he evinced , ' notorious'.56 Any man , emancipist or free settler , could visit the Factory and choose a wife : ... ( the eligible women ) are turned out , and they all stand up as you would place ...
... Factory would be favourable . She was , he evinced , ' notorious'.56 Any man , emancipist or free settler , could visit the Factory and choose a wife : ... ( the eligible women ) are turned out , and they all stand up as you would place ...
Contents
Introduction to the New Edition | 1 |
Introduction | 59 |
PART ONE THE NEXUS OF OPPRESSION | 75 |
Copyright | |
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