Between the suffragists of the early 1900s and the radical feminists of the 1970s, a generation of Australian women writers reshaped culture and politics.
From Miles Franklin’s fierce advocacy and Mary Gilmore’s feminist journalism to Katharine Susannah Prichard, Eleanor Dark, Ruth Park, and Oodgeroo Noonuccal, these women challenged social norms, championed reform, and gave voice to those ignored by the establishment. In Bold Types, acclaimed biographer Jacqueline Kent brings their stories to life, revealing the courage and conviction that made them forces for change in twentieth-century Australia.
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