Abbott, Prime Minister Tony 149, 429
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) 12, 31, 77, 91, 95, 97, 274, 325, 422, 430, 437
Abeles, Sir Peter 156
Aboriginal Australians 117, 151, 323, 326, 330, 367, 416, 433–4
and Andrew Bolt 416–7
Aboriginal land rights 41, 117
Aboriginal Women’s Task Force 151
abortion 7, 9, 44, 60, 66, 67, 96, 97, 154, 170, 188–9, 260, 282, 284, 355, 360, 361, 371, 375
Control abortion clinic 60, 96
rackets 11, 60
rally, Washington DC 1992 283
Abraham, F. Murray 195–6
ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) 352
Abzug, Congresswoman Bella 69–71, 220, 234
A Cabinet Diary. A Personal Record of the First Keating Government see Blewett, Neal
Academy Awards 51
ACLU (American Council for Civil Liberties) 251–2
ACTU (Australian Council of Trade Unions) 134, 151, 156, 313, 346
Adams, Glenda 42
Adams, Tani 400
Adams, Trudie 34
Adelaide xii, xiii, 22, 24, 31, 36, 39, 41, 100, 157, 162, 274, 312, 375, 389, 401, 403, 404, 406, 411, 431
Adelaide Festival of Arts 41
Adelaide Writers Week 36
Affirmative Action Agency 156, 175, 352
affirmative action legislation 153, 155–6, 158, 169, 347
pilot program 156
Quotas 156
Affirmative Action Research Unit (AARU) 156
see also OSW
Afghanistan 99, 125, 127, 128
Africa xvi, 167
see also Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Against Our Will 65, 256
see Brownmiller, Susan
Agora Ballroom 63
AIDS 152, 201–2, 269, 272, 358
AIDS Advisory Council 152
AIM (American Indian Movement) 49, 50
Albright, Madeleine 394
Alda, Alan 255
Alfonsin, President Raúl 202
Algonquin hotel 67
Algren, Nelson 438
Ali, Muhammad 57
Ali, Nimco 440–1, 442
Allan, Jeff 335
Allen, Peter 187
Allen, Woody 185
Alexander, Stephanie 337
Allis, Janine 412
Altman, Dennis 44
ALP (Australian Labor Party) 290, 294, 313, 323, 327, 328, 415
Alpert, Jane 68–9
ALSWH (Australian Longitudinal Study of Women’s Health) 317
Alther, Lisa 9
Ambassador for Global Women’s Issues 251
American Family Association 250
Amsterdam 370, 380, 381, 382, 383, 385, 394
Ananth 389
Anderson, Don 64
Andrews Sisters 187
Angelou, Maya 36
Anglo-American Corporation 108
Angola 102
‘Animal Act of the Year’ 27–9
Anne Summers Conversations 427–8, 431–2, 433–5
Anne Summers Reports 423, 430, 433, 442
Ansett Airlines 156
Ansonia Building 185, 186–7
Anthony, Susie 2
ANZUS 191
apartheid 101, 102, 103, 104–5; 106–7, 114, 116, 119
see also Africa, South; Biko, Steve; Haigh, Bruce; Koornhof, Piet; Soweto
APEC Women and the Economy Summit 418
Appleby, Sir Humphrey 168
Archer, Anne 255
Archer, Robyn 431
Arctic Sunrise 387
Argentina 202–3
Argyle Mines 156
Armani, Georgio 236
Armfield, Neil 321
Arnhem Land 54
Arts for Labor 319–23, 325–6, 328
ASIO 98, 100, 122
and Summers’ lost luggage 122
ASIS 100
ASME (American Society of Magazine Editors) 262
Associated Communications 254
Associated Newspapers 236, 237
Astley, Thea 36, 321
Atkinson, Ti-Grace 43
Atlanta 63, 248
Atlantic Monthly 206
Attenborough, Richard 103
Atwood, Margaret 36, 39
Atyeo, Sam 414
Auden, W.H. 187–8
Australian Artists Creative Fellowships (‘the Keatings’) 321
Australian Author 369, 381,
Australian Consolidated Press 206, 253
Australian Consul-General, New York 189, 299, 333
Australian Democrats 158
Australian Financial Review 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 36, 46, 65, 72–99, 122, 129, 140, 144, 174, 178, 179, 180, 181, 198, 206, 212, 214, 254, 288, 333, 427
Power List 2013 honours Gillard and Summers 432
Australian Law Reform Commission 315
Australian Media Hall of Fame 74
Australia Post Australian Legend 410
Australian Society of Magazine Editors 364
Australian War Memorial 90
Avon Products 208
A Woman to Blame 170
see McCafferty, Nell
Aza Khel 127
Baader, Andreas 10
‘baby bonus’ 352, 362
Bacall, Lauren 247
Bacon, Wendy 7
Backlash: the Undeclared War against American Women 282–3
see Faludi, Susan
Bail, Kathy 318, 423
Bain & Co 181
Bair, Deirdre 390, 438
Baker, Suzanne 13
Baldeagle, Curtis 49
Balderstone, Simon 292
Balmain Push 12, 350
Balmain Tigers 349, 350–1
Bangarra Dance Theatre 320, 323
Baran, Paul 194–5
Barnes, Alan 73
Barnett, David 77, 87, 91, 93, 94, 95, 97–99 relations with Malcolm Fraser 77–8, transcribed historic China meeting 78
Barron, Peter 141
Barrowclough, Nikki 364
Barton, Gordon 3
Baryshnikov, Mikhail 277
Bastion, General Gert 171
Bates, Kathy 195–6
Bathurst Jail 16, 17, 18, 19
Batty, Rosie 408
Batty, Luke 408
Bauer, Tim 364
Beaurepaire, Dame Beryl 154
Beazley, Kim 191–2
Beecher, Eric 430
Beer, Maggie 337
Begg, Ken 91
Beijing 15, 381, 389
Beineix, Jean-Jacques 195
Bell, Glennys 11, 14
Bellecourt, Curtis 49
Bellevue Hotel 301, 328
Bergen, Candice 356
Berkman, Alexander 187
Berlin Philharmonic 427
Bernstein, Carl 268
Bernstein, Leonard 2, 247
Berry, Edith Campbell 437
see Moorhouse, Frank
‘best dressed bag ladies in New York’ 236
Betty Blue 195
BHP 254, 255, 351
Bhutto, Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali 124
Bhutto, Benazir 129, 133, 134
Biko, Steve 103
Bilson, Gay 337–8
Bilson, Tony 337
bin Laden, Osama 125
Bjelke-Petersen, Premier Joh 153, 154
Black, Conrad 332
Black Panthers 3
Blade Runner 40
Blanchett, Cate 431
Blazey, Peter 269, 436
Blewett, Neal 152, 312, 314
Blue Note 200
Blue Jasmine 431
Blue Poles 328
Blyth, Myrna 272
Bollen, Judge Derek 314
Bolt, Andrew 416–7
Bophuthatswana 104
Border, Constance 439
BOSS (South African Bureau of State Security) 122
Boston 191, 200, 249, 270, 357
Botha P.W. 105
Bowers, Peter 72
Bowie, David 220
Boyd, Martin 59
Bozinovski, Gina 292
Bradshaw, Bill 304
Brady, Sarah 255
Brando, Marlon 50–1
Brenchley, Fred 9, 36, 73, 212
Brereton, Laurie 325
Brereton, Trish 325
Brew-Bevan, Peter 424–5, 431
Brifman, Shirley 30–3
Brisbane 24, 31, 87, 135, 154, 290, 295, 446
Bristol-Myers 259
Brittain, Vera 36
Britton, Anne 320
Broadbent, Jillian 298
Broadway 4, 12, 177, 184, 196, 2325, 240, 339
Broderick, Elizabeth 29, 432, 433, 434
Broederbond 105, 118
Brookings Institution 427
Brown, Bryan 320, 321
Brown, David 15, 21
Brown, Tina 230, 262
Brown, Wally 90, 137
Brownmiller, Susan 65, 66, 219, 281
and Hedda Nussbaum 256–7, 262
Bruce, Lenny 187
Bryce, Michael 154
Bryce, Quentin 154–5, 315, 343, 440
Governor-General 412
Buckley, Brian 90
Bugg, Dennis 18–19
Bukharin, Nikolai 187
Burke, Brian 157
Burn This 196
Burns, Tim 42
Burroughs, William 187
Burton, Robert 143
Burton, Tom 316
Bush, Barbara 271–2
Bush, George H.W. 14, 190, 248
Bush, George W. 248
Business Council of Australia 156, 310, 412
Butkus, Nancy 216, 218
Butthole Surfers 264
Cabra Convent 389
Cadillac Bar 214
Cadzow, Jane 345
Café Un, Deux, Trois 204, 211, 239, 264
Cail, Barbara 174
Cain, John 292
Callil, Carmen 36
Calloway, Cab 186
Calvert, Ashton 292
Cameron, Clyde 5, 291,
Cameron, David 440
Cameron, Jane 320
Canada 38, 384
Canberra 5, 8, 9, 17, 34, 46, 48, 64, 65, 72–5, 77, 80–1, 83–4, 87, 89–93, 95, 99, 101, 111, 114, 118, 123–4, 128, 131, 132, 135, 139, 141, 143–4, 149, 159, 160, 161, 162, 168, 170, 174–5, 184, 188, 191, 196, 203, 212, 254, 265, 286–330, 333, 345–6, 351, 356, 360, 361, 368, 397, 419, 437, 447
See also Charlies; Keating PMO; National Press Club; OSW; press gallery
‘Canberra Observed’ 72, 75, 80, 95
Canberra Press Gallery, see press gallery
Cantor, Pat 237
Carbine, Pat 205, 206, 207, 209, 213,, 216, 218, 225, 232, 262, 268, 281
Carey, Gabrielle 35
Carmody, Heather 3 10
Carnegie Hall 195
Carrington, Lord Peter 116
Carroll, Vic 8, 9, 11, 74
Carter, Betsy 221, 228
Carter, President Jimmy 38, 46, 69–70, 96, 97
Cartland, Barbara 374
Caruso, Enrico 186
Cassidy, Barrie 325
Catholic Church 170, 183, 376
Central Park 64, 184, 200, 230
Cervical cancer screening program 318
CEW (Chief Executive Women) 174
chador 124, 129
Chairman Mao 349
Chalmers, Gill 211, 228
Chalmers, Rob 137
Chappaquiddick Island 233
Charlies 83, 84, 144
Chassler, Sey 239
Cher 242
Chess Studios 62
Chicago 46, 60, 61, 62, 63, 191, 224, 438,
Chicago Sun-Times 60
Chicago Tribune 46
Chief Big Foot 50
Chief Chingachgook 52
Chief Elijah Whirlwind Horse 49
Child, Joan 158
Childcare 66, 154, 161, 169, 174, 276, 295–7, 303, 306, 307, 310–14, 316, 328, 330, 352, 355, 356, 361, 362
accreditation scheme 154
opposition to 160–2, 312
childcare rebate 311–14, 328, 352
see also Blewett, Neal; O’Loughlin, Mary Ann; Roche, Michael; Walsh, Peter
China 14, 15, 46, 381, 384, 386
Chios 171, 172
Chisholm, Congresswoman Shirley 229
Choice 14
Chrysler Building 244
Circus Oz 199, 319, 334
Citibank (Australia) 350
Citibank Venture Capital Fund 241, 244, 253, 267, 270
City Lights Bookstore 39, 192
Claridge’s Hotel 96
Clark, Andrew 11, 34, 74
Clark, Stephen 422
Cleo 206
climate change 382–3
Clinton, President Bill 232, 248, 249, 278, 329, 354, 396, 397–8
Clinton, Hillary 278, 329, 354, 394, 431 Secretary of state speech 418
Cloudstreet 321
Club 33 30
Club L 173, 174
Coates, Sandra 344
Codd, Mike 203
Cohen-Solal, Annie 333
Collins, Cheryl 211
Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM) 101, 102, 110, 111, 115–16, 123
Lusaka Declaration on Racism and Racial Prejudice 115
Commonwealth Style Manual 152
Conde Nast 237, 239, 240, 242, 253
Confessions of a Failed Finance Minister 160
see also Walsh, Senator Peter
Constance, Meryl 11, 14
Continental Baths 186–7
Control abortion clinic 60, 96
Cook, Patrick 11, 12
Cooper, Annie 401, 409
Cooper, Annie Beatrice (Nana) 407–8
Cooper Arthur 406–7
Cooper, Austin 164, 196–8, 253, 402–3, 404, 406–7
Cooper Chelsea 409
Cooper, David 401–2, 408, 409
Cooper, Eileen (Tun) xii, 374–77, 401
see also The Lost Mother
Cooper, Greg 404, 406
Cooper, Jake 409
Cooper, James Fenimore 1 87
Cooper, Jamie 22, 197, 374
Cooper, Jasmine 409
Cooper, John Patrick 406–9
Cooper, Josh 409
Cooper, Linda 409
Cooper, Matthew 409
Cooper, Patrick 401
Cooper, Paul 402, 406
Cooper, Richard 409
Cooper, Tony 406, 433
Coopes, Jenny 11, 14
Copyright Agency 350
Corris, Peter 318
Costello, Peter 301, 362
Costigan, Peter 137
Court, Sir Charles 23
Court, Richard 346
Cox, Eva 313
Crabb, Annabel 437, 442
Creswell, Rosemary 24, 320
Crikey 430
‘Crocodile’ Dundee 199, 217, 222
Cronin, Anna 325
Crowley, Peter 144
Cry Freedom 103
‘cultural cringe’ 59
Cuomo, Mario 248
Daily Dispatch 103
Daily Life 432
Daily Mirror 10, 74
Daily News 206
Daily Telegraph-Mirror 341, 343
Dakota Building 247
Dale, David 2
Dalla-Camina, Megan 412
D’Alpuget, Blanche 373
Damned Whores and God’s Police 1, 8, 23, 35, 36, 44, 48, 361, 374
American responses 65, 71
1994 edition launched by Paul Keating 330–1
2016 new edition 363
40th anniversary conference 440–1
Darnell, Bill 377
Davidson, Gay 73
Dawkins, John 145, 298
Daylight, Phyllis 151
de Beaumont, Gustave 20
de Beauvoir, Simone xiii, xv, 8, 47, 66, 158, 188, 337, 357, 390, 438–40
death 188
see also Algren, Nelson; Sartre, Jean-Paul; The Second Sex
de Castella, Robert 200
Deere and Company 53–5
Degeneres, Ellen 268
de Klerk, F.W. 396, 398
Della Femina McNamee 223
Democratic Party 46, 69, 228, 229, 248–9
Dempsey, Jack 186
Deniliquin 164, 433
de Salis, Anne 292
d’Estaing, Giscard 97, 173
Destroy the Joint 419, 440
De Tocqueville, Alexis 20
Devaney, Catherine 429
Deveson, Anne 451 n.18
Devine, Miranda 341, 345
de Wachter, Ann 370–1
Diana, Princess 242
Didion, Joan 234, 249
Dingwall, Anne 390–3, 400
Dirty Harry 62
Discipline and Punish 21
see Foucault, Michel
Diva 195
Dodd, Senator Christopher 233
Dolly 204, 211, 250
domestic violence 5, 258–9, 307–10, 405, 406–7
Doughty, Maureen 2
Douglas, Marjory Stoneman 255, 448 n. 1
Dowd, Maureen 360
Downhearted Blues 65
Dreiser, Theodore 186
DSR (Dependent spouse rebate) 311, 314, 328, 330
Ducks on the Pond 370, 373, 374, 375, 389
see also Summers, Anne
Duffy, Michael 30
Dugan, Darcy 19, 34
Dukakis, Michael 248, 329
Duke, David 47
Duncan, Peter 31–2
‘Dunera boys’ 44
Dunn, Irina 220
Dunstan, Don 17, 41, 141
Dupleix, Jill 337
Dusevic, Tom 364
Dworkin, Andrea 234
Dylan, Bob 266
Earhart, Amelia 175
Early Detection of Breast Cancer 318
‘Earthly Delights’ 219, 221, 279, 284
Earthworks Collective 7
East Village 187
Easton, Penny 346
Eastwood, Clint 62
Edgar, Joanne 209, 266, 404
Edwards, John 5, 11, 12, 291, 293, 307
Eggerton, Sir Jack 89
Eggleton, Tony 78
Ehrenreich, Barbara 260
Eisenhower, President Dwight 51
Eisenstein, Hester 194
Electric Circus 187
El Hassan bin Talal, HRH Prince 396
Elizabeth Bay 28, 29
Elle 235, 250
Ellicott, Bob 326
Elliott, Chuck 71
Ellis, Roger 389
Elsie Women’s Refuge 5, 6, 35, 80, 258, 361, 375
Eminent Persons Group 116, 202
Empire State Building 40, 178
England xiii, 37, 96, 370, 385, 391
equal pay see women, earnings and equal pay
ERA (Equal Rights Amendment) 56, 70
Esperanza 388
Esquire 229, 235, 422
Essence 227
Evans, Ted 84
Evatt, Elizabeth 315
Evatt, H.V. 414–5
Evatt, Mary Anne 415
Ewart, Heather 325
Fahey government (NSW) 297
Fahey, Warren 450 n.16
Fairfax 8, 9, 29, 32, 75, 88, 174, 204, 205, 280, 422
Fairfax Building, Ultimo 12–13,
buys Ms. magazine 205–214
privatization bid by ‘Young Warwick’ 209–10, 211–12
relocated to Darling Harbour 339
see also John Fairfax (US) Ltd
Fairfax, James 210
Fairfax, Sir Warwick 17–18, 209, 210
Fairfax, Warwick (‘Young Warwick’) 209–10; 211, 212, 332
decides to sell Ms. and Sassy 234–5
visits Summers and Yates in New York 238–9
Fairstein, Linda 276
Fairway 184–5
Fallaci, Oriana 111, 132
Faludi, Susan 281–3
Falwell, Jerry 250–1
Fat Duck 391, 393
Faulkner, Senator John 422
FBI 50, 68
Fear of Flying 39
see Jong, Erica
federal election 1980 134
federal election 1983 135
federal election 1984 160–1
federal election 1993 313–4, 323–4
federal election 1996 351
Feldman, Justin 277
Felker, Clay 221, 228, 358
female genital mutilation (FMG) 440,
feminism 43, 141, 172, 206, 208, 224, 229, 233, 263, 272, 283, 350, 358, 361, 362, 376, 414, 438, 439, 440–1
American feminists 43, 65–71
radical feminism 43, 68–9
and fashion 142, 221
and US electoral politics 229
and domestic violence 256–9
feminist history 415
see also femocrats; lesbians; Ms. magazine; OSW
Feminist Majority Foundation 284
femocrats 143, 150, 151, 152, 169
Fergusson, Don 30
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence 39, 192
Ferraro, Geraldine 329, 441–2
Field, Peter 436
Financial Mail 108
financial deregulation 179
Firestone, Shulamith 187
Fitchett, Ian 137
Fitzgerald, F. Scott 47, 178
Five Spot jazz club 187
Flanagan, Richard 407
Focus on the Family 250
Fogg, Ellis D. 322
Foley, Roger 321, 322, 326, 327
Fonda, Bridget 185
Fonda, Jane 86
Forbes Club 30
Foreman, Milos 195
Forrestal, James V. 182
Forum 2000 394–400
Foucault, Michel 21
Fox, Margot 200
Fox Network 201
Francis, Rae 320
Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune 195
Franklin, Aretha 428
Fraser, Malcolm 5, 76, 78, 89, 92, 93, 95, 99, 102, 300
St Patrick’s Day breakfast 87
VIP plane travel with 87, 97, 99, 136
media management 91
Lusaka CHOGM 110, 111
clash with Margaret Thatcher 111, 116
anti-racism 115, 116–17
Eminent Persons Group 116, 202
federal election 1980 134
federal election 1983 135
Fraser government and women 152, 154
loses trousers in Memphis 202
Fraser, Tamie 202
Frazer, Phillip 39, 41, 42, 200
French, Marilyn 39,
Freud 197
Friedan, Betty 238, 262–3, 285, 355, 357–60, 361
enmity with Gloria Steinem 262–3, 359
beaten by husband 359
‘the lavender menace’ 359
Fuchs, Anne 272
Fukuyama, Francis 394–5
Galbraith, J.K. 195
Gamble for Power 136, 369
see Summers, Anne
Gandhi, Indira 111
Gardiner, Greg 212, 238
Garner, Helen 35, 341
Gates, Bill 180
Gaudron, Mary 158
gay baths 186, 187
Gellhorn, Martha 48
Gem Spa 187
George, Jennie 306, 346
Germany 169, 370, 384–7, 443
Geyer, Renee 412
Giles, Senator Pat 165
Gillard, Prime Minister Julia 296, 362, 367, 412, 416, 418, 419, 423, 424–5, 426, 435
farewell speech xv, 424
‘sexism and misogyny’ speech 348, 420
sexualised attacks 417–8
achievements as PM 425
Sydney Opera House talk with Anne Summers 426–30
Gillespie, Dizzy 200
Gillespie, Marcia Ann 227, 271
Gillette 251
Gilligan, Carol 69
Gilman, Howard 276–9
Ginsberg, Allen 39, 187, 192
Glass, Philip 414
Global Summit of Women 358
‘God’s Police’ stereotype 363
Goldman, Emma 187
Goldstein, Vida 35
Goldsworthy, Lyn 400
Gonski, David 420–1, 423
Good Housekeeping 282
Good Weekend 290, 332–3, 334–445, 361, 364–5, 367, 369, 410, 424
Goodes, Adam 433–4
Gorbachev, Secretary-General 182
Gordon, Linda 270
Gore, Lesley 187
Gorton, Prime Minister John 135
Go Set 39
Goss, Wayne 154
Gottliebsen, Robert 8
Goward, Pru 274
Grade, Sir Lew 254
Grady, Diane 412
Grafton Gaol 16, 19–21
Graham, Lorrie 318
Grahame, Jack 15
Gramm-Rudman amendment 182
Grange Hermitage 88, 89
Grant, President Ulysses S. 277
Grattan, Michelle 72, 73, 82, 87, 88, 90, 117–18, 397
Greece 169, 171, 172
Greenhouse, Linda 7
Greenpeace 138, 368–73, 377–81, 382–9, 390–7, 400, 405–6
see also climate change; Dingwall, Anne; Leipold, Gerd; McTaggert, David; Manaus; Rainbow Warrior; Stannard, Jenny
Greenwich Village 40, 64, 177, 193
Greer, Germaine 349
Gribble, Di 35
Guilfoyle, Senator Margaret 131
Gunston, Norman 319
Gyngell, Bruce 338–9
Haigh, Bruce 103–4; 105–8
Haines, Janine 158
Hancock, Lang 179
Hanford, Bruce 25
Hannah and her Sisters 185
Hanson, John 304
Hanson, Pauline 364–5, 366
Harper & Row 201
Harradine, Senator Brian 355
Harriman, Pamela 232
Harvard Business School 247
Harvey, Peter 82, 91
Haupt, Robert 203
Havel, Vaclev 394–5
‘having it all’ 216, 224
Hay, David 188, 200, 201, 276, 422
Hayden, Bill 79–80, 135, 145, 167–8
Hayes, Terry 10
Hawke, Bob 134, 146, 151, 152, 156, 158, 286, 296, 327, 373
leads ALP to victory 135–6
and Simone de Beauvoir 158
introductions to US leaders 180–1
Hawke, Hazel 152, 373–4
Hearst Corporation 235, 237, 253
Heide 414
Heilbrun, Carolyn 213, 220, 280
Henry Ansbacher Inc. 205, 211
Hepburn, Katharine 201
Hermannsburg Ladies Choir 321
Hershey, Lenore 239, 242
Hewett, Dorothy 321
Hewett, Jenni 212
Hewitt, William 54
Hewson, John 293, 313, 320
Heydon, Dyson 27
Hickie, David 11, 33, 34, 332
Higgins, Chris 84
High Court of Australia 158
‘Hill Arches’ 53
Hinch, Derryn 10
Hoare, Judith 81
Hobart Women’s Actin Group 11
Hocking, Taren 411
Hodgman, Michael 85
Hoffey, Frank 12, 32–3, 121
Hoffman, Abbie 187
Hogan, Ashley 422
Hogan, Gwen (SM Mercedes) xii, 404
Hogan, Nance xii
Hogan, Paul 217, 334, 354
Hogan, Sheila xii
Hogg, Bob 161, 290, 313, 327
Hogue, Cavan 166
Holder, Peter 309
Holiday Cocktail Lounge 188
Holmes à Court, Janet 298
Holmes à Court, Robert 212, 244, 298 interest in Ms. and Sassy 254–5, 263
Homer 171
homosexuality 17, 41
gays in the military 292
Hooke, Huon 337
Hooker, John 71
Hope, Deborah 292
Hordern, Nick 30
Horin, Adele 11, 14
Houston Conference 70
Hove, Richard 117
‘How women are trained’ 25–7
see also Ingham; rape; The National Times
Howard, Christine 430, 440, 442
Howard, Janette 354
Howard, John 90, 189–91, 298, 365–7, 397
reference for Summers RBT charge 145
‘the times will suit me’ 190–1, 353
reverses women’s gains 351–5, 361
‘black armband view of history’ 366
Howe, Brian 317, 318
Hoy, Michael 332, 339
Hughes, Robert 71
Hui, Siu Ling 337
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission 351
Humphrey, Hubert 46
Hunter, Alberta 65
Hunter, Bob 373
Hurford, Chris 333
Hywood, Greg 81
Ilfracombe 154
Illiad 171
Iman 220
Indian Relocation Act, 1956 51
Ingham 24–7
Ingleton, Sue 159
Ingram, Donna 428
‘Insider Baseball’ 249
International Press Association 33
International Whaling Commission 377
Interview with History 111
see Fallaci, Oriana
Iran 134
Shah of 53, 111,
Iraq 134
Ireland xiii, 169–70, 196
Isherwood, Christopher 188
Islamabad 124, 125, 129, 132
Jackson, Jesse 46, 61
Jackson, Margaret 4 12
Jacobs, Gloria 230–1
Jagger, Bianca 396
Jagger, Mick 62, 186
Jaivin, Linda 318
Japan 9, 35, 179, 183, 292, 370, 392, 394, 443
Jennings, Kate 121
Jingsheng, Wei 394
Jinnah, Muhammad Ali 124
Jockel, Gordon 134
Johannesburg 103, 114, 118, 119
John Fairfax (US) Ltd 211, 233
John Fairfax & Sons see Fairfax
Johnson, Lady Bird 219
Johnson, Mary 151
Johnston, George 407
Johnstone, Helen 431, 442
Jolie, Angelina 186
Jones, Alan 88–9, 419, 440
Jones, Carlos 60–3
Jones, Margaret 14–15
Jones, Tom 304
Jong, Erica 39, 234
Jonker, Dr Ben 432, 433, 435–6
Jordan, Congresswoman Barbara 57, 251
Jordan, Hamilton 70
Jordan, Wilma 235–7, 244, 248, 253, 254, 268
Joseph, Helen 120
Jost, John 11
journalism 4, 45, 130, 131–2, 136–8, 203–4
drinking culture 12–13, 84
women in 13–15
investigative reporting 18
foreign correspondence 198, 203
newspapers versus magazines 332
starting Anne Summers Reports 421–3
digital journalism 423
see also Australian Financial Review; The National Times; Press Gallery; World Press Institute
Joyce, Alan 424, 434
Juilliard School 195
junk bonds 179
Kahlo, Frida 67
Kane-Berman, John 108, 121
Kangaroo Island 401, 402
Karachi 129, 133
Katingal Supermax Jail 16, 20, 21
Keating, Annita 288–9, 293, 295, 300, 304, 318, 319, 325, 327,
Keating, Mike 294
Keating, Paul 73, 92, 94, 254, 286–331, 366, 416
Keating PMO 289–90, 291–3, 294, 298, 301
gender gap in support 290, 330
Question Time 293, 300, 303–4
focus group research on women 294–7
kindness towards staff 300–1
appreciation of art, architecture, decorative arts 301–3
violence on television 303–4
childcare policy 314, 316
domestic violence policy 307–10
cover of Rolling Stone 318–9
Arts for Labor event 319–23
‘the sweetest victory of all’ 323
Kelly, Ellen 415
Kelly, Gail 412
Kelly, Ned 415
Kelly, Pam 406, 409
Kelly, Paul 11, 34, 72, 86, 91
Kelly, Petra 170–1
Kelly, Ros 326
Kelly, Steve 409
Kelly, Tom 15
Kelty, Bill 151
Kennedy, Senator Edward 233
Kennedy, President John 233
Kennedy, Robert 233
Kennedy, Trevor 2, 8, 206, 253
Kennett, Jeff 335–7
Kerouac, Jack 39, 187, 192
‘Kerry babies’ 170
Keyes, Alan 166
KGB 100
Khyber Pass 125, 127
Killen, Jim 90–1
Kinflicks 39
see Alther, Lisa
King, Billie Jean 234
King, Martin Luther Jr 60, 353
King, Peter 44
King, Peter (Fairfax) 238
King, Stephen 196
Kings College, Cambridge 335
Kings Cross 29, 32, 324, 334
Kirkpatrick, Jeane 234, 396
Kirner, Joan 345, 346
Kirribilli House 152, 315, 319
Kissinger, Henry 111, 394
Klein, Anne 236, 243
Klu Klux Klan 47
Kngwarreye, Emily Kame 321
Knopf 71
Knopf, Alfred 439
Knopf, Blanche 439
Kohler, Alan 332
Kong, Foong Ling 422
Koornhof, Dr Piet 104–5, 106, 107
Kopechne, Mary Joe 233
Krahe, Fred 30, 31, 32, 34
Krementz, Jill 272
Kyburz, Rosemary 26
LaBelle, Patti 187
Ladies Home Journal 239, 272
Lagarde, Chrstine 431, 432
Lahey, Katie 412
Lakota Sioux Nation 50
La Louisiane, Hotel 390
Lang Communications see Lang, Dale
Lang, Dale 267–8, 272–3, 279–81, 283, 287
acquires Ms. and Sassy 270–1
cancels Summers’ contract 299
Lange, George 230–1
Lange, Jessica 277
Lavarch, Michael 341
Lawrence, Carmen 340, 345–6, 412
Lawrence, D.H. 47
Lawrence, Elaine 382
Lawson, Valerie 10, 203
Lear, Norman 251
Lecter, Hannibal 52
Leibowitz, Annie 277
Leigh, Andrew 417
Leigh, Jennifer Jason 185
Leipold, Gerd 383–5, 396
Lennon, John 242
Lent 90
Leonard, Helen 313
Lerner, Gerda 270
lesbians 43, 67, 224–5, 268,
negative view of by Ms. focus groups 224
and Paul Keating 294
access to IVF 354
see also Atkinson, Ti-Grace; feminism; Friedan, Betty; Working Woman
Leser, Bernard 253
Leser, David 365
Lessing, Doris 357
Lessore, Henry 199
leveraged buyouts (LBOs) 179–80
Levine, Suzanne Braun 217, 218, 225, 280
Lewinsky, Monica 278, 397
Lewis, Ann 232
Lewis, Daniel-Day 52
Lewis, Michael 180
Ley, Sussan 412
LGBTQ 268
Liar’s Poker 180
Liberaction 11
Liberal Party 26, 78, 134, 191, 202, 322, 352, 366
Lies and Stories 42
Life 62, 436
Light, Deborah 10
Lincoln Centre 185, 263
Literary Women 66
see Moers, Ellen
Littlefeather, Sasheen 51
Livermore, Reg 321
Loehman’s 247, 402
Logie, David 3 93
London 36, 44, 66, 95, 96, 99, 100, 115, 196, 200, 254, 338, 387, 389
Long Bay Prison 16
Longendyke, Paula 39, 40
‘Look!’ 13
Loomis, Gloria 287
Los Angeles 191, 121, 217, 224, 269, 284, 397
Low, Luisa 433
Lowy, Frank 253
Luhrmann, Baz 320, 325
Lusaka 101–2, 110, 111, 112,
Luscombe, Karen 294
Lynch, Michael 320
Lynch, Philip 90
McCafferty, Nell 169–70
McCall’s 268
McCann, Kevin 434–5
McCarthy, Wendy 154, 174, 209
McCulloch, Deborah 140–1, 142
McCullough, Colleen 59
McDonald, Garry 3 19
McElroy, Hal 320
McGuinness, P.P. (Paddy) 9, 11, 77
McMahon, Prime Minister William 74
McMullan, Bob 236–7, 238
McNally, Terence 195
McPhee, Hilary 35, 286
McPhee Gribble Publishers 35
McTaggert, David 373
McVeigh, Tom 326
Ma, Yo-Yo 195
Macalester College 45, 47, 49, 56
MacCallum, Mungo 81, 82, 83
Machel, Gracie 446 n. 1
Machel, Samora 109
Mackellar, Michael 95
Mackenzie, Midge 66
Mackinolty, Chips 7
Macklin, Jenny 317
Macquarie Network 212
Macquarie University 8
Madame Butterfly 197
Madigan, Russell 179
Madison Avenue 208, 223, 271
Madonna 278
Madgwick, Rod 15
Magli, Bruno 189, 200
Mahlab, Eve 451 n.18
Maiden, Malcolm 197
Mailer, Norman 47, 414
Mailman, Josh 268
Makoni, Simba 117
Male Champions of Change 435
Malkovich, John 196
Malone, Paul 81
Malovany-Chevallier, Sheila 439
Man Booker Prize 407
management buyout (MBO) 235, 244, 280
Manaus (The Amazon) 390, 391, 393, 400
Mandela, Nelson 105, 107, 108, 115, 120, 398
Mandela, Winnie 106
Manfield, Chris 412
Manhattan Inc. 221, 229
Manhattan Theatre Club 195
Manilow, Barry 187
Mapplethorpe, Robert 187
Maputo 109, 112
Markson, Elaine 71
Marr, David 11, 27–9, 203
‘marriage bar’ 158
Married with Children 201
Marsh, Jan 154
Martin, Catherine 325
Mathieson, Tim 427
Matilda Publications Inc. 240, 245, 248, 270, 281, 287
dissolved by Dale Lang 273
financial collapse as result of boycott 252–3
Matthews, Bernie 20
Max’s Bar 240–1
Mayer, Professor Henry 44
Meale, Richard 321
Means, Russell 50–2
Media Arts and Entertainment Alliance (MEAA) 342–3
‘media mogulettes’ 247–8, 273
Meinhof, Ulrike 10
Meir, Golda 111
Melbourne 10, 11, 35, 36, 39, 88, 89, 143, 162, 174, 192, 254, 351, 408, 414, 416, 426, 428, 429, 430, 434, 441, 443
Melbourne Herald 137
Melbourne Sun-Pictorial 73
Melchett, Peter 371
Menstruation and Menopause 67
see Weideger, Paula
Mental as Anything 322
Menzies, Prime Minister Sir Robert 147, 352
Mercurio, Paul 320
Merrony, Justine 440
#MeToo 414
Metrinko, Marsha 259, 261
Metropolitan Museum of Art 277
Metropolitan Opera 186, 197
Microsoft Corp. 180
‘middle-class welfare’ 316–17
Midler, Bette 187
Midnight Oil 199, 322, 334
Mikulski, Senator Barbara 232
Milhaupt, Charlie 276
Mill, John Stuart 353
Miller, Henry 47
Millett, Kate 47, 219
Milliken, Robert 11
Mills and Boon 268
Minelli, Liza 186
Mingus, Charlie 187
Minneapolis 45,46, 47, 53
Minneapolis Star and Tribune 53
Minnesota 45–9, 53, 58, 59, 171
Misery 196
misogyny xvi, 47, 348, 362, 420, 423, 429, 431
Mitchell, Joni 189, 442
Mitchell, Dame Roma 157
Modjeska, Drusilla 414
Moers, Ellen 66
Mombassa, Reg 318, 321
Mondale, Walter 46, 329
monetary policy 84, 179, 180
Monk, Thelonius 187
Monopoly Capital 194
Moody, Natalie 276
Moore, Henry 54
Moorhouse, Frank 321, 350, 437
Moral Majority 250
Morgan, Robin 219, 220, 272, 279–80, 284
Morgan Stanley 1 90
Moriarty, Eileen 215–16
Morice, Tara 325
Morris, Mark 277
Morrison, Lt Gen. David 431, 440
Mother Jones 257
‘Mother Right’ 68
Motlana, Dr Nthato 107, 120
Mozambique 101, 109–12, 120
Mozart 196
Ms. magazine 68, 69, 205–244, 247
acquired by Fairfax 205–214
and Kerry Packer 206
financial problems 207,
difficulties with advertising 207–8, 222–3, 259–61
history of 208–9
Ms. Reporter 221, 231–2
circulation problems 222
focus group research 223–5
repositioning to advertisers 225
moves in with Sassy 224–5
first African-American woman appointed to senior position 227
targeted by Working Woman over lesbian ads 268
acquired by Dale Lang 270–1
relaunched advertiser-free 279–80
bought by Jay MacDonald 280
bought by Liberty Media 281
40th birthday 284–5
see also Carbine, Pat; Edgar, Joanne; Gillespie, Marcia Ann; Levine, Suzanne Braun; Orenstein, Peggy; Pogrebin, Letty Cottin; Smeal, Ellie; Steinem, Gloria; Summers, Anne
Ms. Foundation 209, 211, 213
see also Carbine, Pat; Steinem, Gloria,
Ms. Women of the Year 1988 255
see Archer, Anne; Brady, Sarah, Douglas, Marjory Stoneman; Winfrey, Oprah
Mugabe, Robert 106, 110, 111, 112
Mulawa Women’s Prison 17
Murdoch, Rupert 74, 96, 199, 201, 217, 237, 253
starts Fox Network 201
gazumps Ronald Reagan 201
and Clay Felker 221
buys Seventeen 237
buys Mills and Boon publisher 268
launches Rugby Super League 350, 351
Murphy, Tony 31
Murphy Brown 356
Murray, Les 321
Museum of Australian Democracy 76
Muzorewa, Bishop Abel 102
My Brother Jack 407
see Johnston, George
My Life on the Road 280
see Steinem, Gloria
9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States 395, 396, 397, 400
Nagle, Justice John 16, 19
see also Royal Commission into New South Wales Prisons
Namibia 101, 120
Naparstek, Ben 416–7, 420
Nation Review 3
National Advisory Committee for Women 69, 70
National Agenda for Women 314
National Crime Authority 416
National Economic Summit 135
National Gallery of Art, Washington 182
National Organisation for Women (NOW) 238, 271, 284
National Press Club, Canberra 84, 152, 313
National Press Club, Washington 14–15, 104
National Women’s Advisory Council (NWAC) 154
National Women’s Consultative Council (NWCC) 151, 162
Native Americans 49–52, 57
Natividad, Irene 358
Nausea 48
see Sartre, jean-Paul
Navratilova, Martina 234
NBC’s Today Show 354
Neary, Jenni 147
Neill, Sam 319, 320
Nelligan, Guy 292
Nell’s 220
Neville, Jill 37, 443
Nevin, Robyn 321
New Delhi 123, 124, 125, 134
New Journalism 2, 3, 25
New York 38, 39, 40–42, 43, 50, 60, 64, 65, 66–71, 118, 119, 120, 121, 123, 165, 175, 176–8, 181, 184–204, 206–9, 211, 213, 214, 215, 217, 219, 220–2, 226, 229–30, 236–8, 241, 244, 246–51, 253, 255–7, 259, 261, 263, 265, 267–77, 280–1, 283–5, 287, 289, 299–300, 322, 332–4, 338, 357–8, 360, 368–9, 371, 399, 402, 404, 421, 422, 429
New York 2, 64–5, 183–8, 221, 402
Ms. insert 208–9
New York Financial Writers 181
New York Marathon 200
New York Newsday 211, 217
New York Post 237
New York Review of Books 200, 249
New York Woman 221
New Zealand 32, 41, 191, 199, 234, 388, 405, 436
Newhouse, Si 239, 253
Newsweek 259, 265
Newton, Max 74
Nicholls, Linda 412
Nielsen, Juanita 32
Nissman, Barbara 5
Nixon, Peter 90
Nixon, President Richard 69, 70, 182
Nkomo, Joseph 116
Nobel Peace Prize 398
Nolan, Sidney 414
Nonon, Jacqueline 173
Not a Bedroom War 451 n.18
Novy Mir 187
Noxelle 251
NSW police 6–7
corruption 30–4
Nussbaum, Hedda 255–9, 261–2, 280–1, 282
and Susan Brownmiller 256–7, 262
and Gloria Steinem 256–7, 262
Nyoka, Justin 110, 115
Oakes, Laurie 72, 73, 86, 91, 92, 304
Obama, President Barack 61, 249, 251
OECD Working Party on the Role of Women in the Economy 150, 165
Office of the Parliamentary Counsel 155
Office of the Status of Women (OSW) 136, 139–175, 290, 306, 310, 352
see also affirmative action; childcare; O’Loughlin, Mary Ann; Roche, Michael; Register of Women; Sex Discrimination Act; Women’s Budget Program
Office of Women’s Affairs 136, 152
O’Loughlin, Mary Ann 145, 161, 166, 292, 295, 297, 306, 307, 328
childcare package 310–14,
Olsen, Tillie 66
Onassis, Jacqueline 215
One Nation Party 365
O’Neill, Gary 83, 137, 163
O’Neill, John 241
O’Neill, Kevin 241
O’Neill, Maureen 166
O’Neill, Mez 83, 84, 144, 163–4
Ono, Yoko 247
Onsman, Ricky 422
On the Road 39
see Kerouac, Jack
Operation PUSH 46, 61
O’Reilly, Jane 229–231
O’Reilly, Neil 90
Orenstein, Peggy 257, 259, 271
Organised Line to Yellow 414
Osmond, Warren 44
Overground Telegraph 417
Packer, Clyde 206
Packer, Kerry 206, 212, 244, 253
rights deal with Ms. magazine 206–7
Page, Russell 320
Pakistan xvi, 101, 123–33
Palmer, Ros 416
Pan Am 95, 118, 121–2
Pan Am Building 243, 273
Pankhurst, Emmeline 35
Papandreou, Prime Minister Andreas 171
Papandreou, Margaret 171, 172
Papp, Joe 249
Paramour, Jeanette 320
Paris 95, 97, 99, 100, 173, 174, 177, 303, 360
Park, Ruth 374
Parker, Charlie 187
Parker, Dorothy 34
Parliament House, Canberra 76–9
Parramatta Jail 18
Parshley, H.M. 439
Patriotic Front 115, 116, 117
Pavarotti 427
Peacock, Andrew 90, 110, 115, 161, 191
Pearl, Daniel 125
Pearl Harbour 97
Peck, Abe 60
Peking 15
see also Beijing
Penberthy, Jeff 203
Penguin Books 36, 48, 71
Pentagon 182, 183
People 242
People for the American Way 251
Pereira, Fernando 405
Peres, Shimon 396, 399
Perkins, Charles 151
Perrett, Janine 181
Perth 23, 157, 254, 294, 296, 301, 309, 346
Peshawar 126, 127
Phelan, Michael 30
Phillips, A.A. 59
Phyllis Cormack 377
Piano Red 63
Picasso 414
Pickering, Larry 418–9
Piercy, Marge 219
Pierre Hotel 223, 281
Pilcher, Nancy 318
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation 49, 51
Ping, Deng Xiao 46
Pinkerton, Jan 320
Plaza Hotel 220, 358
Pogrebin, Letty Cottin 227–8, 285
Pollock, Jackson
Pol Pot 133–4
Portfolio 206
Powerhouse Museum 410
Prague 394, 396, 397, 399, 400
Prague Castle 396
Pratt, Jane 211, 255, 264
Press Gallery 46, 72–100, 111, 136–7, 138, 178, 397, 419
journalists nick-names 81–2, 93, 95
lack of coverage of women’s policy 142
Preston, Yvonne 5, 11, 14
Price, Jenna 329, 440
Prime Minister and Cabinet, Department of (PMC) 100, 136, 137, 139–42, 146–57, 166, 310
Mike Codd 203
Mike Keating 294
see also Yeend, Sir Geoffrey
Printing and Kindred Industries Union (PKIU) 13
prisons 6, 15–22, 51–3
see also Bathurst; Foucault, Michel; Grafton Gaol; Katingal Supermax Prison; Long Bay Prison; Means, Russell; Mulawa Women’s Prison; Nagle, Justice John; Parramatta, Royal Commission into New South Wales Prisons; South Dakota Penitentiary; Women Behind Bars
Procter & Gamble 260
Puberty Blues 35
see Carey, Gabrielle and Lette, Kathy
Public Theatre 249
Pulitzer Prize 281, 282
Qantas 121, 404, 424, 434
Quayle, Vice-President Dan 272
Quayle, Marilyn 272
Queensland 24, 25–6, 31, 71, 87, 89, 149, 153–4, 155, 292, 297, 313, 317, 364, 366, 397
Queensland Irish Club 87
Queensland Women’s Information Service (QWIS) 153
Quest, Martha 437–8
Quinn, John 166
Quinn, Marc 338
‘radical chic’ 2
Rainbow Warrior 371, 378–9, 387, 388, 392, 396, 405
Ramjan, Barbara 28
Ramos-Horta, Jose 396
Ramsey, Alan 80
Random House 255, 283, 361
rape 24–7, 65, 79, 256, 315, 350, 376
rape in marriage 41, 314–5
rape in war 431
see also Brownmiller, Susan; Ingham; St Paul’s College
Rashidi, Ken 120
Read, Brendan 341
Reagan, Maureen 166
Reagan, President Ronald 46, 171, 190, 191, 201, 271, 353
and AIDS 201
Recollections of a Bleeding Heart see Watson, Don
Redbook 239
Reebok 251
Reed, John and Sunday 414
Reeves, Tony 31
Refractory Girl 6
Regan, Donald 181
Register of Women (ROW) 153, 298
Reid, Alan 90, 137
Reid, Elizabeth 11, 293
Republican Party 69, 229, 248
Reserve Bank of Australia 298
‘Respect’ 428
Reuters 133
Revolution from Within 213
see Steinem, Gloria
Revolutionary Front for the Independence of East Timor (FRETILIN) 109
Rich, Adrienne 66, 68
Rich, Marc 397
Richards, Ann 248
Richards, Keith 62, 436
Richardson, Graham 292
Richardson, Henry Handel 59
Rickard, Dr Mary 318
Riley, Barbara
see Riley-Smith, Barbara
Riley-Smith, Barbara 224, 294–7
Rhodesia 101–2, 109, 117, 120
see also Fraser, Malcolm; Mugabe, Robert; Patriotic Front; Tekere, Edgar; Thatcher, Margaret; Zimbabwe
Robben Island 120
Robinson, Eric 89
Robinson, Irwin Jay (‘Robbie’) 270, 273, 280,283
Robinson, President Mary 300, 358
Robinson, Peter 8, 9
Roche, Imelda 174
Roche, Michael 145, 161, 166
Roddick, Anita 268
Rogers, Beverly 357
Rolley, Chip 265–7, 269, 276, 277, 278, 286, 325, 333, 334–5, 343, 367, 377, 435–6
returns to New York after Canberra 299
moves to Australia 329, 334–5
Sydney Philharmonia Choir 335
year in Beijing 381
joins board of PEN International 381–2
Sydney Writers Festival artistic director 411
joins the ABC 422
Rolling Stone 229, 318–9, 335, 422
Rolling Stones 390, 436
Ronalds, Chris 155, 340
Roosevelt, President Franklin Delano 179, 190
Rose, Alan 140, 146
Rosenthal, Marshall 60
Ross, Heather 24
Rossellini, Ingrid 278
Rossellini, Isabella 278
Roth, Philip 414
Rothermere, Lord 236
Round Midnight 390
Rowley, Hazel 390, 438
Roxon, Nicola 412
Royal Albert Hall 336
Royal Commission of Inquiry into Drug Trafficking 416
Royal Commission into New South Wales Prisons 6, 16, 20–1,
Rubin, Jerry 187
Rudd, Kevin 424, 429
Rudd, Mark 68
Rugby League 349
Super League 350
Rush, Paula 146
Russell, Diana 66
Russell, Don 293, 307, 311, 323, 326
Russia 96, 98–99, 102, 126, 127, 128, 277, 370, 381, 383
Russian anarchists 187
Russian Tea Room 215
Ruth, Babe 186
Rutherford, Tom 337
Rutter, Jane 321
Ryan, Chris 22
Ryan, Edna 293
Ryan, Mark 292, 302, 307, 311, 314, 325
Ryan, Senator Susan 87, 136, 141, 145, 149, 154, 155, 158, 162, 306
Sachs, Jeffrey 396
Sadat, Anwar 57
Saffron, Abe 31–2
Saint Therese 22
Salami Sisters 35
same-sex marriage 268
San Francisco 39, 66, 191–2, 269, 415, 418
Sartre, Jean-Paul 8, 47, 333, 438
see also de Beauvoir, Simone
Saskawa, Yohei 394
Sassy 204, 211
launch party 214
and Ms. move in together 226–7
massive success of debut issue 235
boycott by religious right 246, 249–252, 282
folded into Teen 449 n.16
see also Pratt, Jane; Yates, Sandra
Sawer, Marian 161
Schering-Plough 251
Schilling, William 52–3
Schmidt, Helmut 97
Schott, Kerry 442
Schroeder, Pat 228–9, 231, 234, 274
Schultz, George 181
Scorsese, Martin 251
Scott, Evelyn 154
Scott, Mary 83
Screwloose 269
see Blazey, Peter
Seamen’s Union 35
Sebald, W.G. 385
Secret Service 192, 198
Secretariat 278
Seeds 60
Seidler, Harry 195
Seper, George 337
Serious Women’s Business (SWB) 411–13
Seven Days 41
Seven Little Australians 437
Seventeen 237
sex and the single feminist 67
sex discrimination 41, 95, 174
anti-discrimination laws 153–4, 158, 347
Sex Discrimination Act (SDA) 148, 155, 172, 329, 341, 343, 347, 351
exemptions for Defence 148
resistance to 153
and fertility programs 354, 355
see also Ronalds, Chris
Sex Discrimination Commissioner 154, 315, 432
see also Broderick, Elizabeth; Bryce, Quentin
sexism xvi, 80, 85–6, 87, 229, 348, 420, 429, 446
sexual abuse 27–9
sexual harassment 86,
Sexual Politics 47
see Millett, Kate
Shahi, Aga 129–30
Shalala, Donna 269
Sheehan, Paul 202
Shelley, Jeanne 213
Sherrill, Steve 241, 242, 244, 245, 267, 270
Sherry, Ann 412
Shield, Mark 337
Shiva, Vandana 398
Short, John 93, 95
Shoulder to Shoulder 66
Silences 66
see Olsen, Tillie
Silha, Otto 53, 54, 171
Sime, Murray 349–51
Simes, Ric 292, 311
Simonet, Puck 173
Simpson, Peggy 231, 232, 248
Single White Female 185
Sisterhood is Powerful 219
see Morgan, Robin
Sisters Inc. 36
Sisulu, Walter 120
Sisulu, Zwelakhe 120, 122
Skinner, Michael 240
slut-shaming 29
Smark, Peter 73
Smeal, Ellie 284
Smith, Bessie 65
Smith, Ian 102, 115
Smith, Senator Margaret Chase 229
Smith, Patti 41–2, 187
Smith, Patricia 408
Smith, Stephen 292, 309
Snowy River Project 417
Social Venture Capital Network 268, 269
Soldatow, Sasha 436
Solem, Herman S. 50, 52
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr 21
Sontag, Susan 249
Souter, Gavin 13
South Africa 55, 101, 102–8; 112, 113–14, 116, 117, 118–123, 398
South Australia 17, 31–3, 41, 141, 314
South Dakota 49–52
State Penitentiary 50–2
Southgate, Todd 393
Soviet Union 111, 182
Soviet women 171
Soweto 105–8, 114
children’s uprising 103
Sparks, Allister 398
Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) 117
Spender, Stephen 188
Sprange, John 384
Stage Deli 197
Stannard, Bruce 11, 24–5
Stannard, Jenny 391
Stanwyck, Barbara 269
Staples, Jim 15
‘Star Wars’ 171, 183, 397
Starrett, Cam 208
State Bank of NSW 241, 244, 253
Steinberg, Joel 256–8,
Steinberg, Lisa 256–9
Steinem, Gloria 69, 70, 219, 220–1, 224–5, 232, 247, 256, 259, 262, 268, 272, 273, 279, 280, 281, 283–5, 405
selling Ms. magazine to Fairfax 205–14
retained as consultant 218
and fashion 221
and Hedda Nussbaum 257–62
enmity with Betty Friedan 262–3, 359
‘Sex, Lies and Advertising’ 279
see also Carbine, Pat; Heilbrun, Carolyn; Lang, Dale; Morgan, Robin; Revolution from Within; Zuckerman, Mort
Stella, Frank 40
Stellenbosch 119, 121, 398
Stern, Isaac 195
Stewart, Donald 416
St Marks Place 187
St Paul 45, 47, 49, 50, 57
St Paul’s College 27–9
Stimpson, Catherine 239
stock market crash 1987 214
Stolley, Richard 242
Stone, John 77, 84 , 149
Stott-Despoja, Senator Natasha 412
Stratas, Teresa 185–6
Stravinsky, Igor 186
Stravinsky’s Lunch 414
see Modjeska, Drusilla
Street, Jessie 415
Strictly Ballroom 320, 325
Strydom, Hans 118
Studio 54 187
suffragettes 66
Surfacing 39
Suich, Jennie 94
Suich, Max 1–7, 9–10, 12–14, 16–17, 23, 25, 32, 34–5, 174, 175
appointed editor National Times 9
and economic reporting 179–80
casualty of ‘Young Warwick’ takeover 212
The Independent Monthly 286
Sullivan, Erroll 320, 321
Summers, Anne
early dreams of being a writer xi–xiii
early days as a journalist 1–15
learning to swim 23–4
series on NSW prisons 15–22
wins Walkley Award 23
first trip to the US 38–71
awarded Ph.D for Damned Whores & God’s Police 44–5, 270
awakening to misogyny 47
typewriters xii, 48, 112
encountering New York feminists 65–71
in Canberra Press Gallery 72–100
refused loan to buy a house 84–5
clash with Malcolm Fraser 93–99
abortions 96–7, 170, 188–9
reporting on southern Africa 101–23
interview with Edgar Tekere 111
South African government spying on 118–23
ASIO files 100
elected President of the Parliamentary Press Gallery 130
running the Office of the Status of Women 139–175
breast surgery 143
RBT charge 144–5
developing affirmative action policy 155–6
appoints Quentin Bryce 154
40th birthday 162
appointed to Fairfax in New York 175–7
foreign correspondent in the US 178–83; 198–9; 202–3
interviews Caspar Weinberger 181–3
‘the times will suit me’ interview with John Howard 189–91
getting mugged 194
Café Un, Deux, Trois lunch with Sandra Yates 203
passed over as editor of the National Times 203–4
getting Fairfax to buy Ms. magazine 205–214
dealings with Ms. editorial staff 214–19
induction by Gloria Steinem 219–21
producing first issue of Ms. 226–31, 234, 238
introduces political coverage to Ms. 231–2, 234
Ms. Washington launch party 232
buying Ms. and Sassy from Fairfax 234–245
rupture with Gloria Steinem over Hedda Nussbaum 256–7, 262
appointed editorial director of Sassy 264
involvement with Chip Rolley 264–7
fired as editor of Ms. 273
advising Paul Keating 286–331
gives up smoking 287–8
editing Good Weekend 332–3, 335–45, 364–5, 367
sexual harassment furore 340–45
not having children 356–7
tenure at Greenpeace International 368–73, 378–81, 382–9, 390–6, 401, 405–6
Forum 2000 Prague 394–400
letter to Daddy 403
giving our grandfather a headstone 406–9
appears on a postage stamp 410
‘Her rights at work’ Gillard speech 418, 419–20
Sydney Opera House interview with Gillard 426–430
brain surgery 432–3,435–6
see also Damned Whores and God’s Police; feminism; Gamble for Power; misogyny; Rolley, Chip; Suich, Max; The End of Equality; The Misogyny Factor; The Lost Mother; The National Times; Walsh, Max; Yates, Sandra
Summers, John 141, 200, 265
Sunday 137, 304
Sun-Herald 35, 74, 90
Sutherland, Joan 191, 427
Suzman, Helen 108, 120
Swan, Wayne 313
Sweezy, Paul 194
‘swingeing’ 75
Sydney 1–3, 5–10, 12–16, 18–19, 21, 22, 24–5, 27–31, 33–4, 37, 42, 43, 44, 50, 59, 60, 64, 66, 72, 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 84, 88, 94, 95, 97, 121, 122, 133, 134, 154, 159, 162, 168, 174, 175, 179, 191, 194, 195, 199, 201, 202, 203, 204, 209, 210, 211. 212, 224, 235, 237, 241, 248, 265, 291, 301, 303, 308, 316, 318–9, 320–5, 328, 329, 332, 334, 335, 339–49, 354–6, 357, 358, 368, 369, 371, 376, 381, 387, 402, 403, 410–11, 4`3, 4`5, 417, 422, 424, 425–31, 433–7, 440–1, 442, 443
Sydney casino 195
see also Trump, Donald
Sydney Dance Theatre 334
Sydney Morning Herald 7, 9, 13, 80, 202, 203–4, 316, 342, 347, 360, 368, 413, 417, 430
Sydney Opera House 381, 387, 426, 427–30
Sydney Push 5, 7, 11, 79
Sydney Symphony Orchestra 199, 237, 322, 334
Sydney Writers Festival 411, 422, 431, 437
Taliban 125
Tambrands 250, 251
Taperell, Kath 152
Tarrant, Deborah 341
Tavernier, Bertrand 390
Tawney, R.H. 353
Tax Summit 166
Taylor, John 189, 333
Teen Vogue 252
Te Kanawa, Kiri 403
Tekere, Edgar 110, 111, 115, 117–18
Ten Network 253
Tereshkova, Valentina 171–2
Terfel, Bryn 427
Terkel, Studs 60
Thatcher, Margaret 97, 102, 111, 190, 353
clash with Malcolm Fraser 111, 116
The Advertiser xii
The Age 73, 332, 417
The Argonauts xii
The Armagh Women 169
see McCafferty, Nell
The Australian 74, 181, 316, 344, 364
The Body Shop 268
The Bulletin 12, 90, 137, 142
The Canberra Times 73, 144, 212
The Courier Mail 90
The Daily Mirror 10
The Daily Telegraph 11
The Dialectic of Sex 187
see Firestone, Shulamith
The Digger 39
The Drum 422
The End of Equality 361
see Summers, Anne
The Feminine Mystique 263, 355
see Friedan, Betty
The First Stone 341
see Garner, Helen
The Fortunes of Richard Mahony 437
see Richardson, Henry Handel
The Godfather 51
The Gulag Archipelago 21
see Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr
The Hollywood Reporter 201
The Independent Monthly 286
The Last of the Mohicans 52
The Last Temptation of Christ 251
The Level Club 183, 185, 186, 192–3, 243
The Lost Mother 408, 413–4, 422
see Summers, Anne
The L Word 268
The Misogyny Factor 362, 423, 431
see Summers, Anne
The Monthly 416–7, 420, 421, 423
The Muslim 129
The Narrow Road to the Deep North 407
see Flanagan, Richard
The National Times 1–35, 41, 42, 74, 83, 100, 121, 203, 276, 419
see also Carroll, Vic; Cook, Patrick; Coopes, Jenny; Hoffey, Frank; journalism; Kelly, Paul; Suich, Max; Times on Sunday; Whitton, Evan; Wynhausen, Elisabeth
The New York Times 7, 50, 178, 195, 256, 268, 287, 360, 402, 422
Longacre Square 226
The New York Times Company 253
The New Yorker 67, 385, 398, 420
fact-checking 224, 280
The Paris Review xiii
The Ramrods 318
The Second Sex xiii, 158, 390, 438
mistakes in translation of 1949 edition 438, 439
new English translation 438–9
The Silence of the Lambs 52
The Song Company 322
The Southern Cross xii
The Spectator 210, 234
The Strategic Basis of Australian Defence Policy 91
The Sun 10
The Super-Afrikaners. Inside the Afrikaner Broederbond 118
see Wilkins, Ivor and Strydom, Hans
The Thornbirds 59, 199 , 334
see McCullough, Colleen
The Times on Sunday 178, 203, 212
The Weekend Australian 11
The Women’s Room 39
see French, Marilyn
Theresa’s Tavern 60–3
Thiess, Sir Leslie 89
This Side of Paradise 47
see Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Thompson, Hunter S. 5, 83
Thornhill, Michael 320
Tilsen, Ken 49
Time 71, 283, 402
Time Inc. 237, 253
Times Square 176, 177, 227, 239, 247
Tin Sheds 7
Tindall Air Force base 147
Titian 182, 183
Toffler, Alvin 355
Toohey, Brian 203
Toronto Star 268
Torsh, Dany 22
Tosca’s 191
Towards Equality 148
Tozer, Geoffrey 321
Trajkovski, Julie 425–6, 428
Tranter, John 321
Troeth, Senator Judith 412
Trotsky, Leon 187, 188
‘True Believers’ victory dinner 325–6, 327–8
Trump, Donald 195
Truth 11, 25, 145
Tsinhua University 381
Turandot 186
Turnbull, Greg 292
Twain, Mark 193, 256
Udall, Rochelle 240
Ullman, Tracey 208
United Fruit 55
United Nations 165, 415, 437
founding meeting 1945 415
UN Conference on Women, Copenhagen 154, 167
UN Conference on Women, Nairobi 165, 166, 167–8
United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) 165
United States of America 39
Americans’ view of Australia 199
University of Adelaide 31, 157, 431
University of New South Wales 15
University of Newcastle 317, 417, 420
University of New South Wales 417
University of Queensland 317
University of Sydney 2, 7, 27–9, 44, 74, 441
University of Technology, Sydney 12, 440
University of Wisconsin 269
Uren, Tom 288
US News and World Report 206, 262
Valentino 236
Vanity Fair 207, 230, 262
Vaughan, Sarah 186
Verdi 403
Veronis, John 239
Vernicos, George 371
Verveer Melanne 251
Vianney, Kate 389
Victoria Street 32, 334, 343, 435
Vietnam War 39, 367
Village Voice 338
Virago Press 36
Visbord, Ed 140, 145, 146
Vogue 142, 143, 318, 319, 402, 410
Voice of Free Africa 117
Volcker, Paul 180–1, 199
von Adlerstein, Marion 142
Vonnegut, Kurt 272
Vorwoerd, Hendrik 105
Wachner, Linda 448 n.8
Waldorf Astoria 181, 209, 255
Walkley Awards 15, 23, 40
Walkley, Sir William 23
Walker, Alice 220
Wall Street 39, 179–81, 190, 198, 239, 240, 247, 280, 335, 402
Wall Street Journal 125, 282
Wallace, Catriona 425–6, 427–8
Wallace, Lois 71
Walmart 251
Walsh, Adela Pankhurst 35
Walsh, Max 8, 9, 46, 64, 72–6, 80–1, 93–7, 99, 133, 137, 288
‘swingeing’ 75
fight with Malcolm Fraser 94–7
70th birthday party 94
influence on Paul Keating 94
sending journalists on overseas assignments 101, 123–4
See also Australian Financial Review; journalism; Keating, Paul
Walsh, Senator Peter 160, 175, 290
Walsh, Tom 35
War Graves Commission 408
Waradjuri woman 428
Ward, Barry 31
Ware, Helen 165, 166, 167
Warhol, Andy 187
Warner Communications 209
Washington DC 17, 14, 48, 60, 78, 95, 97, 104, 182–3, 189, 190, 198–9, 224, 230–3, 247, 248, 282, 283, 291, 325, 427
Watergate 69, 70, 268
Waters, Muddy 62, 63–4
Waterston, Sam 185
Watkins, Alison 412
Watson, Don 286, 307, 314, 319, 322, 325
Watson, Lex 44
Waverly Place 257
see Brownmiller, Susan
Weather Underground 68–9
Webb, Beatrice and Sidney 353
Wedgwood, Senator Ivy 352
Weideger, Paula 67–8, 199, 422
Weinberger, Caspar 181–3, 192, 199
Weisberg, Dr Edith 318
Weiss 143
Welch, Garth 321
Wells, Junior 62–3
Western Plains Zoo Dubbo 278
White House, The 198, 201, 229, 236, 271–2
White Oak 276–9
nature conservancy 277–9
White Oak Dance Project 277
Whitlam, Gough 5, 6, 11, 17, 76, 80, 304, 424
government 122, 135, 157
staffers 141, 193
Whitton, Evan 10–11, 16, 23, 25–6, 34, 203
Wiesel, Elie 394
Wilenski, Peter 141, 175, 436
Wilkins, Ivor 118
Wilkinson, Graham 33
Wilkinson, Lisa 206
Williams, Helen 149, 157
Williams, Max 19–20, 21
Williamson, John 354
Wills, Sue 44
Willson, Sandra 21–2
Wilson, Laurie 91
Winfrey, Oprah 255, 289
Winton, Tim 321
Wolfe, Tom 2–3, 245
Wolfensohn, James 195, 206
Wolpe, Bruce 426, 429
Woman’s Day 129, 142, 211, 228, 319
Woman’s Day (US) 272
women 69–71,
in prison 17, 21–2
writers 36–7, 39
getting the vote 41
violence against 66, 282, 296–7
the economy as a women’s issue 70, 146
employment 147, 159, 304, 352
on boards 153, 348–9
earnings and equal pay 157
health 296–7,
reversal of fortunes under John Howard 351–5
revival of domesticity (‘yummy mummies’) 362–3
see also domestic violence; FGM; journalism
Women Against Pornography 66
Women Aglow 250
Women Behind Bars 21
Women of the World Festival 440
Women’s Budget Program 149–50, 169, 174
Women’s Bureau 147, 352
Women’s Business 151
Women’s College 27–8, 154
Women’s Electoral Lobby 87
Women Lawyers Association 310
Women’s Legal Defense Fund 233
women’s movement 379
Women’s Peace Army 35
women’s units in federal departments 149
Wong, Senator Penny 440
Wood, Police Commissioner Mervyn 33
Woods, Donald 103
Woolford, Melissa 241, 242,
Working Mother 267, 276
Working Woman 267–8, 272
World Bank 195
World Economic Forum 174
World Press Institute (WPI) 45–63
World Trade Centre 40, 197
Wounded Knee 50–1
Wran, Neville 17, 33, 80
Wynhausen, Elisabeth 11–12, 14, 64, 94, 200, 276, 340
death 435, 436
Yard, Molly 284
Yates, Sandra 204, 280, 428
getting Fairfax to buy Ms. magazine 205–214
negotiates option to buy Ms. and Sassy from Fairfax 235–7
buying Ms. and Sassy from Fairfax 234–245
response to Sassy boycott 251–2, 253
resigns 263
legacy 275
see also Matilda Publications Inc.; Ms. magazine; Sassy; Summers, Anne
Yeend, Sir Geoffrey 100, 140, 141 , 145,
Task Force on the Status of Women 148–9
Women’s Budget Program 149–50, 169
Yes Minister 168
Yippies 187
Yorkin, Peg 284
Yothu Yindi 336, 337
Young, Ambassador Andrew 63
Young, Mick 436
Yousafzai, Malala xvi
Yunupingu, Mandawuy 236
Zabars 184
Zambia 101, 116
Zampatti, Carla 174
Zanzibar’s 324
Zemiro, Julia 412
Zia ul-Haq, President 124, 130, 133
Zimbabwe 102, 106, 111, 115, 116, 123, 438
Zimbabwean African National Union (ZANU) 106, 110, 111, 116
Zimbabwean African People’s Union (ZAPU) 106, 116
Zindler, Harald 385–6
Zuckerman, Mort 206, 207, 262
Zwicky, Fay 36