Dale Spender. Picture supplied At heart a teacher and a writer and always a feminist, Dale Spender lived a life driven by passion for women's equality and for education. She published and edited over 30 books and many more articles, book chapters and blog entries on feminism, women's history and literature, education and new technologies. She brought numerous women along with her, attested to by the number of publications written or co-edited with other established and new writers.