Zelda D'Aprano (1928–2018) spent much of her life as a working-class crusader for women's rights.

Listen to a Q&A with the director of documentary Brazen Hussies (2020), Catherine Dwyer and influential feminist Elizabeth Reid.

Helen Reddy performs 'I Am Woman' as the closing song in The Helen Reddy Special, her Australian TV special recorded for the Seven Network and broadcast on 19 October 1975.

This version of Helen Reddy’s iconic hit single and feminist anthem was recorded at Sun West Studio on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles.

Summary by Thorsten Kaeding

This black-and-white television advertisement for the Berlei ‘Sarong Body Magic’ girdle demonstrates the wonders of a girdle that adjusts to the figure, no matter what your shape.

Australian naval officer John Ingram (Sam Neill) leaves his wife Rae (Nicole Kidman) in charge on their yacht Saracen, while he investigates the stricken schooner Orpheus.

In Pussy Pumps Up, which can be viewed here in full, a feline female figure assumes more masculine characteristics.

Summary by Dr Marian Quigley.

Harry Beecham (Sam Neill) has waited two years for Sybylla (Judy Davis) to agree to marry. As drought grips the land again, he comes for an answer, but Sybylla explains why she cannot.

Looking back at some of the female firsts in Australian history as captured through the NFSA's Television News and Current Affairs Program (Newscaf).

John-Michael Howson interviews Dustin Hoffman about preparing for his role as Dorothy Michaels in the 1980s smash hit Tootsie (Sydney Pollack, USA, 1982).