LIBRARY HOT TOPICS WOMEN Accidental feminists by Jane Caro. Forgotten women: the leaders by Carlton, Vic: Melbourne University Zing Tsjeng. London: Cassell Publishing, 2019. 305.42 CAR Illustrated, 2018. 305.42 FOR “Women over fifty-five are of the generation that “The leaders weaves together 48 unforgettable changed everything. We didn't expect to. Or portraits of the true pioneers and leaders who intend to. We weren't brought up much differently made huge yet unacknowledged contributions from the women who came before us, and we rarely identified to history, including Grace O'Malley, the 16th century Irish as feminists, although almost all of us do now. Accidental pirate queen; Sylvia Rivera, who spearheaded the modern feminists is our story. It explores how the world we lived in - with transgender rights movement; and Agent 355, the unknown the pill and a regular pay cheque - transformed us and how, rebel spy who played a pivotal role in the American Revolution. almost in spite of ourselves, we revolutionised the world. It is a Chapters including Rebels; Warriors; Rulers; Activists and celebration of grit, adaptability, energy and persistence. It is Reformers shine a light on the rebellious women who defied the also a plea for future generations to keep agitating for a better, odds, and the opposition, to change the world around them.” - fairer world.” - Publisher. Publisher. Also available: Forgotten women: the writers Beat gender bias: how to play a better Forgotten women: the artists part in a more inclusive world by Forgotten women: the scientists Karen Morley. Elsternwick, Vic: Major Girls resist!: a guide to activism, Street Publishing, 2020. 331.4 MOR leadership, and starting a revolution “In this book, Dr Karen Morley explains how by KaeLyn Rich. Philadelphia, PA: biases, particularly the insidious unconscious Quirk Books, 2018. 305.42 RIC ones, trip us up. She outlines an approach for minimising their impact in organisations with Bias Busters – specific actions you “An activism handbook for teen girls ready to can take with the goal of making it easier to notice, talk about fight for change, social justice, and equality. and overcome bias.” - Publisher. Take on the world and make some serious change with this handbook to everything activism, social justice, and resistance. Bringing the fight by Merle Thornton With in-depth guides to everything from picking a cause, with Melanie Ostell. Sydney: planning a protest, and raising money to running dispute-free meetings, promoting awareness on social media, and being an HarperCollins, 2020. 305.42 THO effective ally ... Grab this handbook to crush inequality, start a revolution, and resist!” - Publisher website. On cover: Before Germaine, there was Merle. “Merle Thornton is one of our game-changing Invisible women: data bias in a world pioneering feminists who helped bring about designed for men by Caroline Criado- positive change for generations of Australian women. In her Perez. London: Chatto and Windus, most audacious act, in 1965 Merle, along with Rosalie Bogner, 2019. 305.42 CRI chained herself to the bar at the Regatta Hotel in Brisbane to protest against the law that excluded women from public bars in “Invisible women shows us how, in a world Queensland, bringing about the end of segregated drinking in largely built for and by men, we are that state. But that's just one achievement, in a life rich in systematically ingnoring half the population. It exposes the defiance, daring and determination.” - Publisher. gender data gap – a gap in our knowledge that is at the root of perpetual, systemic discrimination against women, and that has Entitled: how male privilege hurts created a pervasive but invisible bias with a profound effect on women by Kate Manne. London: Allen women’s lives.” - Inside cover. Lane, 2020. 305.42 MAN Men at work: Australia’s parenthood “In this unflinching intervention, philosopher Kate trap by Annabel Crabb. Carlton, Vic: Manne offers a radical new framework for Black Inc., 2020. Quarterly Essay 75. understanding misogyny. Ranging widely across the culture, from the Kavanaugh hearings and "Cat Person" to “In Men at work, Annabel Crabb deploys Harvey Weinstein and Elizabeth Warren, Manne shows how political observation, workplace research and privileged men's sense of entitlement -- to sex, yes, but more her characteristic humour and intelligence to insidiously to admiration, medical care, bodily autonomy, argue that gender equity cannot be achieved until men are as knowledge and power -- is a pervasive social problem with free to leave the workplace (when their lives demand it) as often devastating consequences.” - Distributor. Kate Manne is women are to enter it.” - Publisher. an Associate Professor of the Sage School of Philosophy at Cornell University. Hot topics Women My tidda, my sister: stories of strength Speaking up by Gillian Triggs. Carlton, and resilience from Australia’s first Vic: Melbourne University Press, 2020. women by Marlee Silva; artwork by 323 TRI Rachael Sarra; foreword by Leah Purcell. Richmond, Vic: Hardie Grant Travel, “As president of the Human Rights Commission, Gillian Triggs advocated for the 2020. 305.42 SIL disempowered, the disenfranchised, the marginalised. She withstood relentless political “The voices of First Nations’ women that Marlee weaves pressure and media scrutiny as she defended the defenceless through the book provide a rebuttal to the idea that 'you can’t be for five tumultuous years … Triggs' passionate memoir is an what you can’t see'. For non-Indigenous women, it irresistible call to everyone who yearns for a fairer world.” - demonstrates the diversity of what success can look like and Publisher. offers an insight into the lives of their Indigenous sisters and peers.” - Publisher. This is what a feminist looks like: the No visible bruises: what we do not rise and rise of Australian feminism know about domestic violence can by Emily Maguire. Canberra, ACT: NLA kill us by Rachel Louise Snyder. Publishing 2019. 305.42 MAG Brunswick, Vic: Scribe, 2019. “In this passionate and timely account, Emily 362.82 SNY Maguire charts a course through the history of Australian feminsim - from the First Wave to the “Through the stories [from the USA] of victims, Fourth, from suffragists to Riot Grrrls, from equal pay to perpetrators, law enforcement, and reform movements from #metoo. She pays a tribute to those who've spoken up and across the country, Snyder explores the real roots of private taken action in the face of ridicule, dismissal and violence.” - violence, its far-reaching consequences for society, and what it Back cover. will take to truly address it.” - Publisher. We’re all equal by Georgia Amson- On violence by Natasha Stott Despoja. Bradshaw; illustrated by David Sydney: Hachette Australia, 2020. Broadbent. London: Franklin Watts, 362.82 STO 2019. CHC 305 GLO “Every two minutes, police are called to a This book “explores inequality around the family violence matter. Every week, a woman is world, from how resources are unfairly shared killed by a current or former partner. This is to why race and gender matter and more. It Australia's national emergency. Violence against women is looks at ways we can challenge inequality and features case preventable. It is not an inevitable part of the human condition. studies such as the Votes for Women campaign and the work of It is time to create a new normal. It is time to stop the slaughter Malala Yousafzai.” Includes: “Information; fun activities; in our suburbs.” - Publisher. challenges; case studies and ideas for group and individual action, presented with fun illustrations. This book promotes the The seven necessary sins for women idea that we have power as individuals: each of us can change and girls by Mona Eltahawy. Richmond, things, and each of us has choices about how we behave.” - Vic: Hardie Grant Books, 2019. Publisher. For children ages 10-12. I’m a global citizen series. 305.42 ELT Whose story is this?: old conflicts, “No matter the geography, rather than teaching new chapters by Rebecca Solnit. women and girls to survive the poisonous London: Granta, 2019. 305.42 SOL system they have found themselves in, Eltahaway arms them to dismantle it.” - Inside cover. “Who gets to shape the narrative of our times? The current moment is a battle over that So here I am: speeches by great foundational power. Women, people of colour women to empower and inspire and non-straight people are telling other versions, and white men in particular are fighting to preserve their own centrality. In edited by Anna Russell. London: White this outstanding collection of essays by one of the most Lion Publishing, 2019. 305.42 RUS prescient and insightful commentators today, Solnit appraises the voices that are emerging.” - Book jacket. “From Emmeline Pankhurst's 'Freedom or Death' speech and Marie Curie's trailblazing Winning for women: a personal story Nobel lecture, to Michelle Obama speaking on parenthood in politics and Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza's stirring by Iola Mathews. Clayton, Vic: Monash ode to black women, the words collected here are empowering, University Publishing, 2019. 305.42 MAT engaging, inspiring and unapologetic.” - Back cover. “Iola Mathews was one of the founders of the Women's Electoral Lobby, a journalist at The Age, and later a leading ACTU advocate for women workers during the 'Accord' with the Hawke-Keating Government. She was one of the first generation of women trying to 'have it all' with a career and children … she takes us inside the day-to-day groundwork required to bring about reforms in areas like affirmative action, equal pay, superannuation, childcare, parental leave and work- family issues.” - Back cover. RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR LOAN FROM THE LIBRARY Updated October 2020 Postal service available .