by Anne Summers
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<
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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