For a generation of women, Helen Reddy was an icon whose anthemic song was wrapped up in a fight for their lives. Now, it’s time for her story to be told.
You probably know her song, “I Am Woman”, both a feminist anthem and cringe-ly used in a series of 1990s ads for incontinence pads.
Befriending music writer and fellow expat Lillian Roxon , Reddy was introduced to two things that would define her career: the women’s movement and Jeff Wald , her future husband and manager.RELATED: Reddy’s legacy will always be tied to the emotional significance of her song to the women’s movement over the decades, but it was about time her story was told.
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