BARBARA CAINE is Associate Professor of History and Director of the Women's Studies Centre at the University of Sydney. She is the author of "Destined to be Wives" and "Victorian Feminists" and co-editor of "Crossing Boundaries". ROSEMARY PRINGLE is Professor of Women's Studies at Griffith University in Brisbane. She is the author of "Secretaries Talk", co-author of "Gender at Work" and co-editor of "Defining Women".