Hear from author and political historian, Judith Brett, on her latest book Fearless Beatrice Faust: Sex Feminism and Body Politics.
Beatrice Faust was a fearless feminist, activist, writer, and intellectual. But behind her bold public persona lay a complex, troubled inner life marked by chronic illness, addiction, and a deeply unhappy childhood. In Fearless Beatrice Faust, award-winning biographer Judith Brett explores Faust’s fight to change both herself and the world around her.
Fearless Beatrice Faust
A fascinating biography of feminist political activist Beatrice Faust, controversial writer on sex and gender, founder of the Women’s Electoral Lobby and campaigner for abortion-law reform from the 1960s to 1990s.