Wednesday's Women

<p>Based on Dr O'Leary's PhD thesis 'Social and Literary Constraints on Women Writers in New Zealand: 1945-1970' this books explores and exposes the sexist mores of the NZ literary establishment both publishers and writers from the end of World War 2 up to the feminists movements of the late 1960s and 1970s.</p><p><strong>Responses to Michael O'Leary's Wednesday's Women</strong></p><p>Michael O'Leary's book makes a unique contribution to knowledge about women writers in New Zealand during the 1940-1970 period providing insights into the constraints which inhibited their equal representation in the publishing industry of the time.</p><p>Dr Alison Laurie</p><p>Dr O'Leary's extensive background as a reader author publisher bookseller and social justice advocate with unique access to unpublished material and literary figures of the time equipped him wonderfully to write this thesis and book.</p><p>Prue Hyman</p>