Women and Whitlam

Name: Women and Whitlam
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9781742237855
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Women and Whitlam explores the transformative era of Gough Whitlam's government and its significant impact on the advancement of women's rights in Australia. The book examines the policies and changes introduced, detailing how they reshaped society and empowered women. It provides an insightful look into the socio-political landscape of the time, highlighting key figures and their contributions to gender equality.
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You might enjoy this insightful history book if you're interested in the transformative impact of Gough Whitlam's policies on women's rights in Australia. It offers a detailed exploration of how his government advanced gender equality, providing compelling stories and analyses that highlight the era's social changes. Perfect for those curious about political history and women's social progress in the 1970s.

Women and Whitlam

Three generations of women explore the trailblazing Whitlam era.

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The Whitlam government transformed Australia. And yet, the scope and scale of the reforms for Australian women are often overlooked.

The Whitlam government of 1972-75 appointed a women's advisor to national government—a world first—and reopened the equal pay case. It extended the minimum wage for women, introduced the single mother's benefit and paid maternity leave in the public service, ensured cheap and accessible contraception, funded women's refuges and women's health centres, introduced accessible, no-fault divorce and the Family Court, and much more.

Women and Whitlam brings together three generations—including Elizabeth Evatt, Eva Cox, Patricia Amphlett, Elizabeth Reid, Tanya Plibersek, Heidi Norman, Blair Williams, and Ranuka Tandan—to revisit the Whitlam revolution and to build on it for the future.

'Political history at its best.' - Jenny Hocking

'... a reminder that politics can be radical, feminist and one that we can be proud of.' - Yasmin Poole

'Invaluable ... a clarion call to younger generations.' - Virginia Haussegger

'This very readable volume documents a pivotal, revolutionary period in our history.' - Steven Carroll, Sydney Morning Herald/The Age

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781742237855

Publisher: NewSouth Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 April 2023

Country: Australia

Imprint: NewSouth Publishing

Contributors:

Edited by Michelle Arrow

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 135.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 352

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Australian & Pacific History Education & Reference History & Military Non-Fiction

About the Author

Michelle Arrow is professor in Modern History at Macquarie University and a Research Fellow at the Whitlam Institute. She is one of Australia's leading contemporary historians and has written for The Conversation, Australian Book Review, Inside Story and Sydney Morning Herald. Michelle is the author of Friday on Our Minds: Popular culture in Australia since 1945 and The Seventies: The personal, the political and the making of modern Australia, which was awarded the 2020 Ernest Scott Prize for history and was shortlisted for the Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction in the NSW Premier's Literary Awards.