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Helen Reddy’s I Am Woman is still relevant, and that’s not necessarily a good thing – ABC News
No message in the song has dated, including that we have “a long, long way to go”, writes former prime minister Julia Gillard.
A global feminist icon, Helen Reddy, has left us.
I had just turned 12 when Helen’s most famous song I Am Woman made its journey to the top of the charts.
The soundtrack of your youth always becomes the most special part of the soundtrack of your life. Years later, you can sing every word.
But I Am Woman has stayed with me for more powerful reasons than that.
A Helen Reddy poster from 1980.(Facebook: Helen Reddy)
For so many women, across decades, the song has given full-throated voice to…
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