Unbridling the tongues of women : : a biography of Catherine Helen Spence / / Susan Magarey.
Catherine Helen Spence was a charismatic public speaker in the late nineteenth century, a time when women were supposed to speak only at their own firesides. In challenging the custom and convention that confined middle-class women to the domestic sphere, she was carving a new path into the world of...
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Place / Publishing House: | Adelaide : : The University of Adelaide Press,, 1985. |
Year of Publication: | 1985 |
Edition: | New edition. |
Language: | English |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxviii, 214 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s). |
Notes: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015). |
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Summary: | Catherine Helen Spence was a charismatic public speaker in the late nineteenth century, a time when women were supposed to speak only at their own firesides. In challenging the custom and convention that confined middle-class women to the domestic sphere, she was carving a new path into the world of public politics along which other women would follow, in the first Australian colony to win votes for women. |
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Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 0980672309 |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Susan Magarey. |