Judith Brett

FEARLESS BEATRICE FAUST: SEX, FEMINISM AND BODY POLITICS – JUDITH BRETT

2026-05-28T10:38:45+10:0026 May 2025|Categories: Paper, Sydney Paper Archive, Uncategorized|Tags: , |

As a modern-day Professor Henry Higgins might have said, Beatrice Faust is the voice who helped put today’s women in your life. “Beatrice Faust,” said Helen Garner, “is not scared of anybody.” Faust was the transformative feminist activist, writer and intellectual who founded the Women’s Electoral Lobby in Melbourne in 1972. She campaigned for abortion [...]

Remembering Alfred Deakin

2026-05-28T11:15:02+10:0013 September 2017|Categories: Paper|Tags: , |

Professor Judith Brett has produced a new biography of Alfred Deakin – The Enigmatic Mr Deakin - Australia’s second prime minister, to shine fresh light on one of the nation’s most significant figures. It brings out from behind the image of a worthy, bearded father of federation the gifted, passionate and intriguing man whose contributions [...]

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