Jill Astbury

Jill Astbury is an Australian researcher in the field of women's mental health.[1]

Astbury is perhaps best known for co-authoring the 1980 book Birth Rites Birth Rights with Judith Lumley.[2][3][4]

She also wrote extensively for The Age newspaper throughout the early 1980's, reviewing books and discussing issues pertaining to women.[5][6][7][8]

  1. ^ "SVRI Coordinating Group". WHO. Archived from the original on 28 December 2004. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  2. ^ Erlich, Rita (22 June 1983). "Immersed in unreality". The Age. p. 17. Retrieved 25 April 2024. There is interesting material in 'Birth Rites Birth Rights' by Judith Lumley and Jill Astbury (Sphere Books, 1980), which points out...
  3. ^ Forster, Deborah (30 September 1983). "Pregnancy loss and how to survive it". The Age. p. 22. Retrieved 25 April 2024. An Australian book, 'Birth Rites Birth Rights' by Judith Lumley and Jill Astbury (Sphere) also is excellent on this subject.
  4. ^ "Motherhood". The Age. 25 July 1984. p. 24. Retrieved 25 April 2024. Speakers will be Joyce Nicholson, author of 'The Heartache of Motherhood'; Judith Lumley and Jill Astbury, co-authors of 'Birth Rites Birth Rights'; and Barbara Wishart
  5. ^ Astbury, Jill (14 January 1981). "The sexism of science". The Age. p. 13. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  6. ^ Astbury, Jill (6 May 1981). "The men in charge of women's bodies". The Age. p. 20. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  7. ^ Astbury, Jill (1 January 1982). "The baby blues trap". The Age. p. 10. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  8. ^ Astbury, Jill (9 July 1982). "Why not say all men are beasts?". The Age. p. 18. Retrieved 25 April 2024.