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Eliza Reilly

Eliza Reilly is a writer, director and performer. In 2018 Eliza Reilly co-created the comedy web series Shelias about the amazing and forgotten women of Australian History with her sister Hannah. Previous to this Eliza wrote, directed and performed in ABC1's television series Growing Up Gracefully. She also co-hosted Girls Gone Mild on FBi Radio for five years, and her writing has been featured on ABC's Radio National, ABC TV’s The Checkout, and in the Sydney Comedy Festival and the Sydney Writers Festival.

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Sheilas: Badass Women of Australian History

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Title:: Sheilas: Badass Women of Australian History
Written by:: Eliza Reilly
Read by:: Eliza Reilly
Format:: Unabridged CD Audio Book
Number of CDs:: 5
Duration:: 4 hours 50 minutes
Published:: February 23 2022
Available Date:: February 23 2022
Age Category:: Adult
ISBN:: 9781867581178
Genres:: Non-fiction; Australian
Publisher:: Bolinda/Macmillan Australia

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An entertaining romp through Australian history that celebrates the badass sheroes we were never taught about in school and who deserve to be printed on our money, goddamn it.

It's been said that 'well-behaved women seldom make history', but the handful of white boys who wrote our history books conveniently left most of them out. Whoops! To rectify this situation, Eliza Reilly is setting out to revive the forgotten stories of the badass sheilas of Australian history. Chain yourself to pub counters with the determined Merle Thornton, fight for Indigenous rights alongside Faith Bandler and lure forlorn sailors with swimmer-slash-mermaid Annette Kellerman. Deceive cranky soldiers with swarthy Mary Ann Bugg, infiltrate Nazi perimeters on the back of Nancy Wake's bike – and much, much more. Cracking with satirical wit and whole-hearted admiration, Sheilas is a cheeky, funny, inspirational celebration of the tough-titted ladies who hiked up their petticoats and flykicked down the doors of opportunity for modern Australia.

'A welcome and witty contribution towards redressing the balance – a must-read.'
Noni Hazlehurst

'Funny and fearless, this is the book you'll want your daughters to read and your sons to worship.'
Clare Wright

'The history book I've been hanging out for.'
Jane Kennedy