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Fifty Years a Feminist

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In 1971 Sue Kedgley and a group of other young feminists carried a coffin into Auckland's Albert Park to protest against decades of stagnant advancement for New Zealand women since they won the right to vote in 1893. From that day, she became synonymous with Second Wave feminism in this country, most notably organising a tour by Germaine Greer that ended in an arrest and court appearance. In this direct, energetic and focused autobiography, Kedgley tracks the development of feminism over the last five decades and its intersection with her life, describing how she went from debutante to stroppy activist, journalist, safe-food activist and Green politician. Her rich and rewarding life has included encounters with Betty Friedan, Yoko Ono, Kofi Annan, Sonja Davies and the Dalai Lama, and she has never abandoned her feminist convictions. She regrets that there is still a culture of male entitlement, sexism and double standards, and that women are still victims of violence. Even so, she argues, feminism has achieved an extraordinary amount. Fifty years ago women were a sort of underclass. Now they have entered almost every sphere of national life, even if many pay a high price for their hard-won success. Thanks to the movement, she says, after centuries of subjugation, women are finally coming into their own. It is, she says, their time now, and their turn.

Author Biography:

One of the founders of Auckland University Women’s Liberation and originators of the Second Wave of feminism in New Zealand, Sue Kedgley is a former broadcaster who later was elected to Parliament as a Green Party MP. She has served as a local body politician and is a member of the Wellington District Health Board.
Release date Australia
May 13th, 2021
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Pages
272
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
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Dimensions
157x235x25
ISBN-13
9780995135444
Product ID
34529801

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