Sound citizens Australian women broadcasters claim their voice, 1923-1956
In 1954 Dame Enid Lyons, the first woman elected to the Australian House of Representatives, argued that radio had 'created a bigger revolution in the life of a woman than anything that has happened any time' as it brought the public sphere into the home and women into the public sphere. T...
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Canberra, ACT, Australia
Australian National University Press
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Establishing the platform: the Interwar years
- World citizens: women's broadcasting and internationalism
- Voicing the war effort: women's broadcasts during World War II
- 'An epoch making event': radio and the new female Parliamentarians
- Fighting soap: the postwar years
- We span the distance': women's radio and regional communities
- Conclusion
- Includes bibliographical references