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Greer, Germaine (1939 - )

Dr, Professor

Born
29 January 1939
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Academic, Feminist and Writer

Summary

Germaine Greer established her international reputation as a feminist through the publication of The Female Eunuch in 1970. As an academic her expertise was in English Literature, having completed a MA thesis on Byron at Sydney University and a PhD on Shakespeare at Cambridge University in 1967. While in London, she wrote for the radical paper Oz, espousing controversial views on the nature of feminism in that period. She has continued to contribute to the feminist debate from a libertarian perspective, but it is difficult to categorise her feminist position.

Archival resources

National Library of Australia Newspaper Microcopy Reading Room

  • [Biographical cuttings on Germaine Greer, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals], BIOG; National Library of Australia Newspaper Microcopy Reading Room. Details

Rosemary Francis

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