The leader of the opposition in australia said abortion is the easy way out. Julia Gillard was offended by those comments, as well as other misgivings about her leadership. The difference between julia gillard and elizabeth thompson is that thompson never had the chance to give a speech like that on the floor of parliament. A woman gets accepted into a man's world; she thinks something has changed but it hasn't.
In the late 19th century, a painting titled The Roll Call, by a virtually unknown artist, took England by storm. But after that brilliant first effort, the artist all but disappeared. Why? And what does The Roll Call tell us about the fate of those first through the door?
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