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Damned Whores and God's Police by Anne Summers
Category: Australian History
Sexual harassment, domestic violence and date rape had not been named, although they certainly existed, when Damned Whores and God's Police was first published in 1975. That was before the Sex Discrimination Act of 1984 and before large numbers of women became visible in employment, in politics and else ...Show more
On Luck by Anne Summers
Category: unmapped | Series: Little Books on Big Themes
This series pairs leading Australian thinkers and cultural figures with some of the big themes in life. Australia has always prided itself on its luckiness. In this book, Anne Summers thinks on this characteristic, and especially what happens when luck runs out.
On Luck (On Series) by Anne Summers
Category: Culture | Series: On Ser.
Part of a series that pairs leading Australian thinkers and cultural figures with important themes in life, this essay explores the idea of luck and of being lucky. Analyzing and challenging Australians' fervent belief in luck, this perceptive examination investigates topics such as Australia's nickname ...Show more
The End of Equality: Work Babies and Women's Chioces in 21st Century Australia by Anne Summers
Category: Fiction
In 1975, Anne Summers' groundbreaking book DAMNED WHORES AND GOD'S POLICE changed forever the way we thought about women and their place in Australian history and society. In 2003 Summers' new book, THE END OF EQUALITY, promises to do for a new age and a new generation of women what DAMNED WHORES did fo ...Show more
The Lost Mother: A Story of Art and Love by Anne Summers
Category: Biography
After her mother's death, Anne Summers inherits a portrait of her mother as a child. She soon learns the artist painted another portrait of her mother, this time as the Madonna. Anne's search for the Madonna painting takes her down unexpected paths. Along the way Anne must face the truth of her relation ...Show more
The Lost Mother: A Story of Art and Love by Anne Summers
Category: Business, Economics and Law
The Lost Mother is a poignant, interweaving narrative about author Anne Summers' relationship with her mother, Eileen Hogan, told through her search for a lost painting of her mother as a child. In 1933, the artist Constance Parkin saw Summers' mother, a ten-year-old schoolgirl, at Mass one Sunday morni ...Show more
The Misogyny Factor by Anne Summers
Category: Philosophy and Religion
In 2012, Anne Summers gave two landmark speeches about women in Australia, attracting more than 120,000 visits to her website. Within weeks of their delivery Prime Minister Julia Gillards own speech about misogyny and sexism went viral and was celebrated around the world. Summers makes the case that Aus ...Show more
Unfettered and Alive by Anne Summers
Category: Biography
'I was born into a world that expected very little of women like me. We were meant to tread lightly on the earth, influencing events through our husbands and children, if at all. We were meant to fade into invisibility as we aged. I defied all of these expectations and so have millions of women like me. ...Show more
Unfettered and Alive: A Memoir by Anne Summers
Category: Biography
"I was born into a world that expected very little of women like me. We were meant to tread lightly on the earth, influencing events through our husbands and children, if at all. We were meant to fade into invisibility as we aged. I defied all of these expectations and so have millions of women like me. ...Show more
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