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Merle Thornton Merle Thornton i(A81375 works by)
Born: Established: 1930 ;
Gender: Female
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1 1 y separately published work icon Merle Thornton : Bringing the Fight Bringing the Fight : A Firebrand Feminist's Life of Defiance and Determination Merle Thornton , Sydney : HarperCollins Australia , 2020 18587312 2020 single work autobiography '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)
1 Invisible Women Workers : Feminism, Consciousness and the Novel Merle Thornton , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 182 2006; (p. 36-42) Thornton's perception of the portrayal of women in realist fiction of the late-20th and early-21st centuries is that 'while Australian women have moved in a big way into the non-domestic workplace, the women in Australian novels have not gone there nearly as much.'
1 7 y separately published work icon After Moonlight Merle Thornton , Carindale : Interactive Press , 2004 Z1108570 2004 single work novel
1 Playing Mothers and Fathers Merle Thornton , 1990 single work drama
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