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y separately published work icon Merle Thornton : Bringing the Fight single work   autobiography  
Alternative title: Bringing the Fight : A Firebrand Feminist's Life of Defiance and Determination
Issue Details: First known date: 2020... 2020 Merle Thornton : Bringing the Fight
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'An engaging, lively, provocative and, above all, inspiring memoir from one of our home-grown, unsung feminist heroes, Merle Thornton, who has lived a life full of daring, defiance and activism.

'Merle Thornton is one of Australia's most delightful, formidable and game-changing pioneering feminists - a woman who through her daring and defiance helped bring about positive change for generations of Australian women.

'In her most audacious act, in 1965 she chained herself to the bar at the Regatta Hotel in Brisbane to protest against the law that excluded women from public bars in Queensland, bringing about the end of segregated drinking in that state. The bar in the hotel is now called 'Merle's Bar.' But that's just one achievement, in a life full and rich in defiance, daring and determination.' (Publication summary)

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Adventures in Feminism Zora Simic , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: Inside Story , May 2020;

— Review of Merle Thornton : Bringing the Fight Merle Thornton , 2020 single work autobiography
'We know a lot about Germaine Greer, but not so much about another trailblazer, Merle Thornton'
[Review] Bringing the Fight : A Firebrand Feminist's Life of Defiance and Determination Jennifer O'Dempsey , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: The Queensland Journal of Labour History , Spring/Summer no. 31 2020; (p. 40-42)

— Review of Merle Thornton : Bringing the Fight Merle Thornton , 2020 single work autobiography
[Review] Bringing the Fight : A Firebrand Feminist's Life of Defiance and Determination Jennifer O'Dempsey , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: The Queensland Journal of Labour History , Spring/Summer no. 31 2020; (p. 40-42)

— Review of Merle Thornton : Bringing the Fight Merle Thornton , 2020 single work autobiography
Adventures in Feminism Zora Simic , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: Inside Story , May 2020;

— Review of Merle Thornton : Bringing the Fight Merle Thornton , 2020 single work autobiography
'We know a lot about Germaine Greer, but not so much about another trailblazer, Merle Thornton'
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