| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 350 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Learning : Unions and the World: 1910s and 1920s. 1. Introduction : A Transnational Life -- 2. Unions -- Scars : 1930s. 3. Hunger -- 4. Love -- 5. Unity and Betrayal -- 6. Refugees and Hope -- 7. What Sort of Australia? 1938 -- Expanding Visions : 1939-1946. 8. Women and War -- 9. Recognising Race : Decolonisation -- Crossing Borders : 1945-1960s. 10. Red Scare -- 11. Into Asia -- 12. Peace and Prejudice -- 13. Uniting Women -- 14. Bringing the World Back Home -- Legacy. 15. Young in Hope |
| Summary |
'Teacher for Justice is a major contribution to the history of the women's movement, working-class activism and Australian political internationalism. But it is more than this. By focusing on the life of Lucy Woodcock - an unrecognised and under-researched figure - this book rewrites the history of twentieth-century Australia from the perspective of an activist who challenged conventions to fight for gender, race and class equality, exploring the complex and multi-layered intersections of these aspects. It explores Woodcock's personal relationships and the circles she mixed in and the friendships she forged, as well as the conventions she challenged as a single woman in possibly a same-sex relationship. The book makes a key contribution to the history of progressive education and the experience of women teachers. Above all, it charts the life of a transnational figure who made connections globally and, in particular, with refugees and with women in India and the Asian region. It is a detailed, thoroughly researched and richly textured history which places Woodcock within the context of the times in which she lived.'--Joy Damousi, Professor of History, University of Melbourne |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-334) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Woodcock, Lucy, 1889-1968.
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Social reformers -- Australia -- Biography
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Women social reformers -- Australia -- Biography
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Teachers -- Australia -- Biography
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Women teachers -- Australia -- Biography
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Women -- Australia -- Social conditions
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History -- Modern -- 20th century.
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Biography & Autobiography -- Historical.
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Social Science -- Discrimination.
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Women -- Social conditions
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Women teachers
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Women social reformers
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Teachers
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Social reformers
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Women -- Biography
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Women -- Political activity
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Australia
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Randerson, Helen, author
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Ghosh, Devleena, author.
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| ISBN |
9781760463052 |
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1760463051 |
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