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Women and Leadership: Real lives, real lessons by Julia Gillard and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

by Megan Clement
September 2020, no. 424

Women and Leadership: Real lives, real lessons by Julia Gillard and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Vintage, $34.99 pb, 326 pp

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No Australian feminist is likely to forget the moment when Germaine Greer appeared on Q&A and declared that our first female prime minister should wear different jackets to hide her ‘big arse’. Greer, of course, has blotted her copybook many times before and since, but if we needed proof that a woman leader could not catch a break in this country, here was Australia’s most celebrated feminist joining in the new national pastime of hurling sexist invective at the prime minister.

 


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Women and Leadership: Real lives, real lessons by Julia Gillard and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Vintage, $34.99 pb, 326 pp

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.


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