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Letters from Louisa: A Woman's View of the 1890S, Based on the Letters of Louisa Macdonald, First Principal of the Women's College, University of Sydney - Couverture souple
Synopsis
In 1892 a young Scotswoman arrived in Australia to become the first principal of the new Women's College at the University of Sydney. For over a decade she wrote weekly letters to her friend and mentor in London, Eleanor Grove.
Extracts from Louisa's letters tell the story of the early days of the Women's College and offer an insider's view of life at the University and in Sydney in the 1890s.
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Jeanette Beaumont is a social historian and editor of Where to Now? Australia's Identity in the Nineties. W. Vere Hole was a sociologist and author of The History of the Women's College.
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Letters from Louisa: A Woman's View of the 1890s, based on the Letters of Louisa Macdonald, First Principal of the Women's College, University of Sydney.
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Allen & Unwin, Sydney, St Leonards, 1996
ISBN 10 : 1864480548
ISBN 13 : 9781864480542
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Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. 202 pp. These letters, edited by Jeanette Beaumont and W. Vere Hole, reveal the story of one of Australia's early feminists, Louisa Macdonald. The young Scotswoman arrived in Australia in 1892 to become the first principal of the new Women's College at the University of Sydney. Louisa wrote letters to her friend and mentor in London, Eleanor Grove. Extracts from the letter's tell the story of the early days of the Women's College and give an insider's view of life at the University and in Sydney in the 1890s. Louisa was involved in campaigns for suffrage and against workplace exploitation, and made a major contribution to the higher education of women. N° de réf. du vendeur 29534
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