Rosie Cross (born Britain 1958) is an Australian Internet publisher, best known as the founder of ''Geekgirl'', a popular Australian magazine and website that began in 1993.

Biography

Rosie Cross received a bachelor's degree of communications/journalism from

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, Bathurst in 1986. She initially worked as a freelance radio producer and writer. She mainly wrote about the

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and how it was shifting. She did programs about the same topic that were broadcast on

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. Rosie then created the first ever cyber-feminist

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(''Geekgirl''). She has appeared in ''

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'' and Australian magazines such as '' 21•C magazine''. With the website ''Geekgirl'' Rosie combined her interests in print, radio, and video. She promoted the idea that women now had technology tools to achieve new possibilities that they could not achieve before. She also believed the opportunities for women were greater. To her, the

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was the start of a new beginning for women.

Recognition

Her work has been archived by a number of museums, including the

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101 extraordinary Australians.

References

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