Anne Summers ist eine gefeierte Autorin und Journalistin, deren Werk tief in gesellschaftliche Themen und Frauengeschichte eintaucht. Ihre Schriften zeichnen sich durch eine scharfsinnige Auseinandersetzung mit Politik, Medien und dem Status von Frauen aus. Durch ihre Bücher und Essays erforscht Summers komplexe soziale Dynamiken und trägt eine scharfe Perspektive zum öffentlichen Diskurs über Gleichheit und Gerechtigkeit bei. Ihre Schreibe ist geprägt von umfangreicher Erfahrung in Politik, Medien und dem gemeinnützigen Sektor, was ihr ermöglicht, einzigartige und aufschlussreiche Einblicke in wichtige Themen zu geben.
Sexual harassment, domestic violence and date rape had not been named,
although they certainly existed, when Damned Whores and God's Police was first
published in 1975. In this updated edition, Anne Summers asks: who are today's
damned whores?; and why do women themselves still want to be God's Police?
Focusing on the ongoing struggle for gender equality in Australia, Anne Summers critiques societal discomfort with powerful women in politics and finance. Following her impactful speeches in 2012, she argues that the nation has yet to achieve true equality despite its reputation for fairness. Summers challenges the notion of merely celebrating progress, emphasizing the need for tangible success for women. Through her analysis, she envisions a future where women's achievements are recognized and valued equally alongside those of men.
This book offers an entirely new contribution to the history of multiculturalism in Britain, 1880-1940. It shows how friendship and co-operation between Christian and Jewish women changed lives and, as the Second World War approached, actually saved them. The networks and relationships explored include the thousand-plus women from every district in Manchester who combined to send a letter of sympathy to the Frenchwoman at the heart of the Dreyfus Affair; the religious leagues for women’s suffrage who initiated the first interfaith campaigning movement in British history; the collaborations, often problematic, on refugee relief in the 1930s; the close ties between the founder of Liberal Judaism in Britain, and the wife of the leader of the Labour Party, between the wealthy leader of the Zionist women’s movement and a passionate socialist woman MP. A great variety of sources are thoughtfully interrogated, and concluding remarks address some of the social concerns of the present century.