Germaine Greer

Germaine Greer is an Australian-born writer, academic and journalist. She is most famous for speaking out on women’s issues. She is one of the boldest and clearest feminist voices of modern times. She became a household name overnight after the publication of her best-seller ‘The Female Eunuch’. This ground-breaking book won her millions of admirers and critics alike and is still a must read.

Greer was born in Melbourne in 1939. She graduated from university with a degree in English and French language and literature, and moved to Sydney. She lectured at Sydney University and did her Master’s. Her MA thesis won her a scholarship, which she used to do her Ph.D. at Cambridge University at an all-women’s college.