Dimensions
153 x 235 x 15mm
"The constitution of a bullock, the hide of a rhinoceros and the ear of Prime Ministers."
Dame Phyllis Frost often says, "I'm just a suburban housewife". In reality, she's a human dynamo, a woman who's chaired countless organisations, raised millions of dollars for charitable causes, fought for prison reform at a time when prisoners were locked away and forgotten, and shamed countless politicians into action.
Far from being "just a suburban housewife" - a phrase that she has wielded like a weapon in her campaigns - Dame Phyllis has been a force to be reckoned with. Politicians and police commissioners listened to her. The Queen "damed" her. And she was given a direct phone line to her favourite talkback radio station.
In this biography, Bernadette Clohesy reveals all of this and more - such as how Dame Phyllis Frost started Keep Australia Beautiful in 1968, and how she became the national president of the Australian Freedom from Hunger Campaign. An amazing story following one woman's battle for social reform.
