Key Dates involving Germaine Greer
| 1939 | Born |
| 1956 | Won a teaching scholarship and enrolled at Melbourne University |
| 1958 | Graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English and French language and literature |
| 1958 | Moved to Sydney |
| 1963 | Graduated with a Master of Arts from Sydney University with 1st class honours |
| 1968 | Received a PhD from Cambridge University |
| 1968 | Appointed as a lectureship in English at the University of Warwick in Coventry |
| 1970 | Guest edited the satirical magazine, Oz |
| 1970 | Posed naked for an underground magazine, Suck |
| 1970 | Published renowned book, The Female Eunuch |
| 1972 | Quit job and travelled world to promote book |
| 1979 | Published book, The Obstacle Race: The Fortunes of Women Painters and Their Work |
| 1984 | Published book, Sex and Destiny: The Politics of Human Fertility |
| 1989 | Appointed as a special lecturer and fellow at Newnham College |
| 1991 | Published book, The Change: Women, Ageing and the Menopause |
| 1996 | Resigned job after attracting negative attention over a transsexual colleague |
| 1999 | Published book, The Whole Woman |
| 2002 | Called upon Australian women to be aware of medical procedures and to protest against wars in Iraq |
| 2003 | Published book, The Beautiful Boy |
