Inconvenient Women: Australian radical writers 1900-1970

Inconvenient Women by Jacqueline Kent is largely a study of radical political groups in Australia in the first part of the twentieth century. This was the time of the rise of fascism in Europe as well the development of communism, particularly in Russia. Jacqueline Kent looks at the involvement of Australian writers, particularly female writers, in these movements and the effect that the political groups had on Australian life as well as literature.

 Some of the authors discussed in the book include Katharine Susannah Prichard, Eleanor Dark, Jean Devanny, Faith Bandler, Kath Walker, Nettie Palmer, Mary Gilmour, Marjorie Barnard, Christina Stead, P L Travers, Ruth Park, Flora Eldershaw, Miles Franklin, Thea Astley, Dymphna Cussack and Dorothy Hewitt to name a few. The book looks at major issues of the time that became incorporated into their  writing. It also looks at censorship of books that was prominent at the time plus the role of book awards, especially at a time when women were struggling to have their voice heard.