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How I Wrote: Sue Kedgley

he perception of Sue Kedgley as a high-profile feminist leader for half a century could be seen as validation of the dictum quoted in her book — a combination of memoir and history of 50 years of feminism in New Zealand — that if a movement doesn’t have a leader, the media will appoint one Yet despite her prominence, not just in women’s liberation, but as a Green MP, consumer advocate and journalist, her personal story has

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