The Climb
Subtitle: Conversations with Australian Women in Power
By: by Geraldine Doogue
Publisher: The Text Publishing Company
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Melbourne, Vic
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9781922182326
Subjects: Women executives; Leadership in women; Sex role in the work environment; Stereotypes (Social psychology); Women; Social conditions; Businesswomen; Political activity; Leadership chez la femme; Rôle selon le sexe en milieu de travail; Stéréotypes; Femmes; Conditions sociales; Activité politique
Description: Iconic journalist and television presenter Geraldine Doogue turns her attention to an issue central to our times. How are we, as women, represented at the top levels of power in Australia? In candid and personal conversations with fourteen women leading the way in fields as wide-ranging as business, politics, religion, education and the armed forces, Doogue gets to the heart of what it means to be a woman in power in Australia. Inspiring and insightful, The Climb reveals a varied and at times quite unexpected picture of contemporary Australia.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: 1. Ann Sherry : the natural; title: 2. Wendy McCarthy : a woman's place; title: 3. Heather Ridout : the influential girl next door; title: 4. Alannah McTiernan : crashing through; title: 5. Sandra Levy : a passion to produce; title: 6. Sue Morphet : risk and reinvention; title: 7. Gai Waterhouse : 'I did it my way'; title: 8. Nancy Milne : the rule of law; title: 9. Sandra Harding : born to rule; title: 10. Julie Bishop : compete and thrive; title: 11. Hilda Scott : authority of a different kind; title: 12. Christine Jenkins : leading through healing; title: 13. Priscilla Collins : mothers rule, OK; title: Simone Wilkie : a tomboy learns to rule; title: 15. Other views of the climb; title: 16. The bigger picture; title: A final word; title: Notes; title: Acknowledgements.