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Works about this Work
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Three Lively Feminist Lives
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: Lilith , January no. 26 2020; (p. 239-246)
— Review of Germaine : The Life of Germaine Greer 2018 single work biography ; Winning for Women : A Personal Story 2019 single work autobiography ; Unfettered and Alive : A Memoir 2018 single work autobiography 'These three books chronicle the lives of Australian feminists Germaine Greer, Iola Mathews and Anne Summers. By way of brief introduction: Summers is one of Australia’s best-known feminists. She was part of the collective that founded Elsie, the first women’s refuge in Australia, and in 1975 she authored the Australian feminist classic Damned Whores and God’s Police.Summers also worked as a journalist in Australia and internationally, and as a political advisor at the highest level of government to improve the lives of Australian women. Unfettered and Alive is the second volume of her autobiography, which begins in 1976 where her first, Ducks on the Pond (1999), ends. Iola Mathews started her career as a journalist at The Age and was one of the founding members of the Women’s Electoral Lobby (WEL), an organisation that sought reform of party politics along feminist lines. She also worked at the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) where she pursued equal pay and paid parental leave. Germaine Greer wrote what is sometimes called ‘the classic text of the [women’s] movement’ The Female Eunuch (1970) and is a global celebrity, thinker and provocateur.' (Introduction) -
‘Overwhelmed by the Archive? Considering the Biographies of Germaine Greer’
2020
single work
essay
— Appears in: Australian Journal of Biography and History , April no. 3 2020; (p. 139) 'Germaine Greer is one of the few living Australians to have been the subject of two biographies, the first, by Christine Wallace, published in 1997 and the 2018 volume by Elizabeth Kleinhenz. Wallace took time out of working as a journalist to research and write her biography. After publishing a biography of historian Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Kleinhenz was inspired to turn to another source in the University of Melbourne Archives, the newly acquired archive of Germaine Greer. For her landmark biography, Wallace interviewed many people who knew Greer, including her mother Peggy, and also the friends, lovers and other feminists willing to speak to her. Wallace read all she could locate that Greer had written or was written about her; in the pre-internet days aided by her access to newspaper clippings libraries. She also searched for traces of Greer in archives including at Sydney and Melbourne universities and the Star of the Sea convent. Kleinhenz acknowledges her debt to Wallace, whom she quotes extensively. She revisits many of the same secondary sources and interviews some friends and acquaintances, including students and teachers from Greer’s school. For more than a year Kleinhenz ‘delved into’ the Greer archive at the University of Melbourne.' (Introduction) -
Saint Germaine
2018
single work
review
— Appears in: Inside Story , December 2018;
— Review of Germaine : The Life of Germaine Greer 2018 single work biography 'Elizabeth Kleinhenz explores the contradictions of Australia’s most famous feminist' -
y
A Conversation with Elizabeth Kleinhenz
Chris Gordon
(interviewer),
Melbourne
:
Readings
,
2018
23468625
2018
single work
podcast
interview
'Hear our events manager Chris Gordon in conversation with Elizabeth Kleinhenz about her new biography, Germaine: The Life of Germaine Greer.' (Production summary)
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Unfinished Business : The Lives of Two Influential Feminists
2018
single work
column
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December no. 407 2018; (p. 12-13)'When Anne Summers first met Germaine Greer at a raucous house party in Balmain in the early 1970s, she threw up in front of her after too many glasses of Jim Beam. Almost fifty years later, she muses that perhaps that early encounter was one of the reasons why they ‘never really connected’. After reading Summers’ latest memoir, Unfettered and Alive, in tandem with Elizabeth Kleinhenz’s Germaine: The life of Germaine Greer, I can think of a few others.' (Introduction)
-
Three Lively Feminist Lives
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: Lilith , January no. 26 2020; (p. 239-246)
— Review of Germaine : The Life of Germaine Greer 2018 single work biography ; Winning for Women : A Personal Story 2019 single work autobiography ; Unfettered and Alive : A Memoir 2018 single work autobiography 'These three books chronicle the lives of Australian feminists Germaine Greer, Iola Mathews and Anne Summers. By way of brief introduction: Summers is one of Australia’s best-known feminists. She was part of the collective that founded Elsie, the first women’s refuge in Australia, and in 1975 she authored the Australian feminist classic Damned Whores and God’s Police.Summers also worked as a journalist in Australia and internationally, and as a political advisor at the highest level of government to improve the lives of Australian women. Unfettered and Alive is the second volume of her autobiography, which begins in 1976 where her first, Ducks on the Pond (1999), ends. Iola Mathews started her career as a journalist at The Age and was one of the founding members of the Women’s Electoral Lobby (WEL), an organisation that sought reform of party politics along feminist lines. She also worked at the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) where she pursued equal pay and paid parental leave. Germaine Greer wrote what is sometimes called ‘the classic text of the [women’s] movement’ The Female Eunuch (1970) and is a global celebrity, thinker and provocateur.' (Introduction) -
Saint Germaine
2018
single work
review
— Appears in: Inside Story , December 2018;
— Review of Germaine : The Life of Germaine Greer 2018 single work biography 'Elizabeth Kleinhenz explores the contradictions of Australia’s most famous feminist' -
Unfinished Business : The Lives of Two Influential Feminists
2018
single work
column
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December no. 407 2018; (p. 12-13)'When Anne Summers first met Germaine Greer at a raucous house party in Balmain in the early 1970s, she threw up in front of her after too many glasses of Jim Beam. Almost fifty years later, she muses that perhaps that early encounter was one of the reasons why they ‘never really connected’. After reading Summers’ latest memoir, Unfettered and Alive, in tandem with Elizabeth Kleinhenz’s Germaine: The life of Germaine Greer, I can think of a few others.' (Introduction)
-
‘Overwhelmed by the Archive? Considering the Biographies of Germaine Greer’
2020
single work
essay
— Appears in: Australian Journal of Biography and History , April no. 3 2020; (p. 139) 'Germaine Greer is one of the few living Australians to have been the subject of two biographies, the first, by Christine Wallace, published in 1997 and the 2018 volume by Elizabeth Kleinhenz. Wallace took time out of working as a journalist to research and write her biography. After publishing a biography of historian Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Kleinhenz was inspired to turn to another source in the University of Melbourne Archives, the newly acquired archive of Germaine Greer. For her landmark biography, Wallace interviewed many people who knew Greer, including her mother Peggy, and also the friends, lovers and other feminists willing to speak to her. Wallace read all she could locate that Greer had written or was written about her; in the pre-internet days aided by her access to newspaper clippings libraries. She also searched for traces of Greer in archives including at Sydney and Melbourne universities and the Star of the Sea convent. Kleinhenz acknowledges her debt to Wallace, whom she quotes extensively. She revisits many of the same secondary sources and interviews some friends and acquaintances, including students and teachers from Greer’s school. For more than a year Kleinhenz ‘delved into’ the Greer archive at the University of Melbourne.' (Introduction) -
y
A Conversation with Elizabeth Kleinhenz
Chris Gordon
(interviewer),
Melbourne
:
Readings
,
2018
23468625
2018
single work
podcast
interview
'Hear our events manager Chris Gordon in conversation with Elizabeth Kleinhenz about her new biography, Germaine: The Life of Germaine Greer.' (Production summary)