Julia Gillard
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For three years, Julia Gillard held the highest post in the land: Australia’s 27th – and first female – Prime Minister. During that era, 2010 to 2013, she was relentlessly insulted and bullied by rivals. Rather than just attacking her politics, critics mocked her hairstyle, clothing, appearance and character.
After countless sexist insults, Gillard finally called out her detractors, most notably the leader of the opposition at the time, Tony Abbott, in what became known as The Misogyny Speech. The oratory, delivered in parliament on October 9, 2012, became perhaps one of the most important Australian speeches in the past 30 years. Perhaps one of the most famous moments
