Germaine Greer is the only woman in today's alphabetical list of 20 of the 100 most influential Australians of the century.
Women fare better on other days, although they remain underrepresented.
Many more women will be included when lists are drawn up at the end of this century because they will have been closer to power for longer. Greer remains a hero to feminists. Most of those people who do not see themselves as feminists agree that the Australian has had a lasting impact, particularly in regard to women's issues. Of the other 19 listed today, few emerge clearly as heroes. Fred Hollows is one, Charles Kingsford Smith another.