| ISBN |
9780642279453 |
| 0642279454 |
| Author |
Maguire, Emily, 1976- (author.) |
| Title |
This is what a feminist looks like : the rise and rise of Australian feminism / Emily Maguire. |
| Publisher and/or associated date/s |
Canberra, ACT : NLA Publishing, [2019] |
| ©2019. |
| Description |
249 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-237) and index. |
| 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. |
| Subjects |
Peris, Nova, -- 1971- |
| Women, Aboriginal Australian -- Social conditions -- History |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Cultural assimilation |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Cultural assimilation -- Northern Territory |
| Children -- Institutional care -- Australia |
| Children -- Institutional care -- Northern Territory |
| Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Institutional care |
| Feminism |
| Feminists -- Australia |
| Intervention (Federal government) |
| Intervention (Federal government) -- Northern Territory |
| Stolen generations (Australia) |
| Call number |
2021.057 |
