Teacher for justice : Lucy Woodcock's transnational life /

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'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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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteurs principaux: Goodall, Heather (Auteur), Randerson, Helen (Auteur), Ghosh, Devleena (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Acton, ACT, Australia : Australian National University Press, [2019]
Sujets:
Woodcock, Lucy, > 1889-1968.
1900-1999
Social reformers > Australia > Biography.
Women social reformers > Australia > Biography.
Teachers > Australia > Biography.
Women teachers > Australia > Biography.
Women > Australia > Social conditions.
Réformateurs sociaux > Australie > Biographies.
Réformatrices sociales > Australie > Biographies.
Enseignants > Australie > Biographies.
Enseignantes > Australie > Biographies.
Femmes > Australie > Conditions sociales.
History > Modern > 20th century.
Biography & Autobiography > Historical.
Social Science > Discrimination.
Women > Social conditions.
Women teachers.
Women social reformers.
Teachers.
Social reformers.
Women > Biography.
Women > Political activity.
Australia.
Biography
Biographies.
History.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:'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.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (xvi, 350 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-334) and index.
ISBN:9781760463052
1760463051

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