Dale Spender

Dale Spender

AM
Dale Spender; AM
Born	22 September 1943; Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Died	21 November 2023 (aged 80); Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Notable works	Man Made Language (1980); Mothers of the Novel: 100 Good Women Writers Before Jane Austen (1986)
Partner	Ted Brown
Relatives	Sir Percy Spender (great-uncle)
Website
	www.dalespender.com.au

Dale Spender AM (22 September 1943 – 21 November 2023) was an Australian feminist scholar, teacher, writer and consultant. In 1983, Dale Spender was co-founder of and editorial advisor to Pandora Press, the first of the feminist imprints devoted solely to non-fiction,^[1] committed, according to The New York Times, to showing that "women were the mothers of the novel and that any other version of its origin is but a myth of male creation".^[2] She was the series editor of Penguin's Australian Women's Library from 1987.^[3] Spender's work is "a major contribution to the recovery of women writers and theorists and to the documentation of the continuity of feminist activism and thought".^[4]

In the 1996 Australia Day honours, Spender was appointed Member of the Order of Australia "for service to the community as a writer and researcher in the field of equality of opportunity and equal status for women".^[5]

^ Murray, Simone (2004). Mixed Media: Feminist Presses and Publishing Politics. London: Pluto Press. pp. 13–17. ISBN 9780745320151.
^ Gilbert, Sandra M. (4 May 1986). "Paperbacks; From Our Mothers' Libraries - Women Who Created the Novel". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
^ Brown, Diane (2005). "Review: Mixed Media: Feminist Presses and Publishing Politics". Media International Australia. 114 (1): 156–157. doi:10.1177/1329878x0511400122. ISSN 1329-878X. S2CID 158977395.
^ Daumer, Elisabeth; Runzo, Sandra (1985). "An interview with: Dale Spender". Feminist Teacher. 1 (2). University of Illinois Press: 16–21. JSTOR 25680528.
^ "Dr Dale SPENDER". Australian Honours Search Facility. Retrieved 26 November 2023.

[1] Murray, Simone (2004). Mixed Media: Feminist Presses and Publishing Politics. London: Pluto Press. pp. 13–17. ISBN 9780745320151.

[2] Gilbert, Sandra M. (4 May 1986). "Paperbacks; From Our Mothers' Libraries - Women Who Created the Novel". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 19 December 2021.

[3] Brown, Diane (2005). "Review: Mixed Media: Feminist Presses and Publishing Politics". Media International Australia. 114 (1): 156–157. doi:10.1177/1329878x0511400122. ISSN 1329-878X. S2CID 158977395.

[4] Daumer, Elisabeth; Runzo, Sandra (1985). "An interview with: Dale Spender". Feminist Teacher. 1 (2). University of Illinois Press: 16–21. JSTOR 25680528.

[5] "Dr Dale SPENDER". Australian Honours Search Facility. Retrieved 26 November 2023.

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Dale Spender AM
Born	(1943-09-22)22 September 1943 Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Died	21 November 2023(2023-11-21) (aged 80) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Notable works	Man Made Language (1980) Mothers of the Novel: 100 Good Women Writers Before Jane Austen (1986)
Partner	Ted Brown
Relatives	Sir Percy Spender (great-uncle)
Website
www.dalespender.com.au