Unbridling the tongues of women a biography of Catherine Helen Spence
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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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Adelaide :
The University of Adelaide Press
1985.
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| Edición: | New edition |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009427702506719 |
| Sumario: | 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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| Notas: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015). |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxviii, 214 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) Also available in print form |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780980672305 |
