Germaine Greer

1. Germaine Greer Biography By Grace Lee

2. When was she born? • Germaine Greer was born in 1939 in Melbourne, Australia. • Now she is 72 years old.

3. Early life & career • Education – Germaine graduated from the University of Melbourne, Victoria and University of Sydney (Master of Art), University of Cambridge(Ph. D.) She has very high education. • Her father was a newspaper advertising representative who served in the wartime RAAF.

4. Why is she famous? • ‘The Female Eunuch’ became an international best-seller in 1970. It was bringing her both adulation and opposition. Some people thought it was very meaningful but some people didn’t. • She is also the author of many other books including. ‘The change: Women, Ageing’ and the ‘Menopause’ in 1991 and ‘Shakespeare’s Wife’ in 2007. • She is professor Emeritus of English Literature and Comparative Studies at the University of Warwick.

5. Works • The Female Eunuch - International Best Seller • Publications in the 1970s and 1980s • Germaine Greer is an Australian writer, academic, journalist and scholar of early modern English literature.

6. Conclusion • Germaine Geer has been working since 1970. • Greer currently lives in a farmhouse in Essex, England and serves as a professor in English literature at the University of Warwick. • She is one of the most significant feminist voices of the later 20th century. • Her ideas have created controversy ever since her book. The Female Eunuch became an international best seller in 1970.

7. Bibliography • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germaine_Greer • http://www.takver.com/history/sydney/greer.htm • http://www.skwirk.com.au/p-c_s-14_u-117_t-319_c-1080/nsw/history/power-people-and-politics-in-the-post-war-period/people-and-power/germaine-greer-women-s-liberation