AustLit

'Catherine Dwyer’s excellent documentary, Brazen Hussies, is a timely reminder as to how quickly attitudes towards women, not just in Australia but in many parts of the western world, changed between 1965 and 1975. The rise of feminism is depicted both via an exemplary use of archive footage, much of it revelatory, and also by means of interviews with many of the women who, 50 years ago, were at the forefront of women’s liberation and who, it must be said, have aged with distinction and grace.'  (Introduction)