Women as Australian Citizens Underlying Histories

Academic examination of the role of women as Australian citizens. Asks what it means to be a woman citizen in Australia today. Questions male domination of Australian public political life. Examines the histories of citizenship for Australian women of different ethnic and cultural backgrounds, showing how gender has been central to the construction of citizenship. Demonstrates how the masculinisation of citizenship has marginalised women's activities as citizens. Includes notes, select bibliography, notes on contributors and index. Editors both teach history at the University of Western Australia and have published on women's issues and Australian history. Crawford's previous titles include 'Women and Citizenship: Suffrage Centenary'.

Professor Patricia Crawford teaches history at the University of Western Australia. She has published and edited work in Australian history, including Women and Citizenship: Suffrage Centenary, a recent volume of Studies in Western Australian History.
Associate Professor Philippa Maddern teaches history at the University of Western Australia, and has published on twentieth-century Australian history and women's literature.