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E-book Sound Citizens : Australian Women Broadcasters Claim their Voice, 1923–1956

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In 1954, Dame Enid Lyons, the first Australian woman elected to the House of Representatives, remarked in an interview with ABC Weekly that radio had ‘created a bigger revolution in the life of a woman than anything that has happened any time’, as it enabled women to engage with world affairs while doing the housework. According to Lyons, radio had given women the ‘confidence’ to accept ‘responsibility in public affairs’, resulting in a marked improvement in women’s social and political standing.1Taking this claim as a starting point, this book shows how a cohort of women used broadcasting to contribute to the public sphere and improve women’s status in Australia from the introduction of radio in 1923 until the introduction of television in 1956. It traces the changing role of radio as a tool for women’s activism and its wider significance to the history of women’s advancement in Australia.Australian women broadcasters were active citizens who contributed to public debates on a range of issues, worked to educate and empower their listeners, and normalised the presence of women’s voices in the public sphere, both literally and figuratively. While women broadcasters were often given roles, timeslots, and programs that continued to perpetuate women’s lowered status in the workplace and public life, many recognised the potential of the medium and used it to advance women’s status by strengthening their claims to a public voice. Women’s equality requires real cultural change, which includes the opportunity for women to be heard and have a chance to influence society. From the 1920s, radio provided a platform for Australian women to speak and be heard in public on a scale not previously experienced. Further, radio bridged the public and private spheres as it was a public medium heard primarily within a domestic setting, and women made up the majority of listeners, especially during the day. The ability to reach a large, diffuse audience of female listener made the medium especially suited to advancing women’s position by providing them with a tool to integrate themselves into the public sphere. In this book I tell the story of professional women broadcasters who used the medium to improve the status of women, as well as leading women activists and politicians who used broadcasting as a platform for their advocacy. These women used their skills and the tools at their disposal to contribute to public discourse and break down barriers to women’s participation in the public sphere.

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Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

384.54 FIS s

Penerbit

Australia : ANU Press., 2021

Deskripsi Fisik

197 hlm

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

9781760464318

Klasifikasi

384.54

Tipe Isi

text

Tipe Media

computer

Tipe Pembawa

online resource

Edisi

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Subjek

Radio Broadcasting

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