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Teacher for justice : Lucy Woodcock's transnational life /

'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 h...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Goodall, Heather (Autor), Randerson, Helen (Autor), Ghosh, Devleena (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Acton, ACT, Australia : Australian National University Press, [2019]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:'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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvi, 350 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-334) and index.
ISBN:9781760463052
1760463051