Lee Rhiannon: A Lifetime of Political Activism
Suellen Murray
Abstract
For over 40 years, Lee Rhiannon has been active in ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓƵ politics. She was a leader of numerous social movement campaigns before becoming a Greens member of parliament in the New South Wales upper house in 1999 and then winning a seat in the ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓƵ Senate, which she will take up in July 2011. Rhiannon has been a strong advocate for a range of environmental and social justice issues, and continues to support political processes that promote participatory democracy.
Keywords
women and leadership, political activism, social movements
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