Unbridling the tongues of women : a biography of Catherine Helen Spence

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: University of Adelaide. issuing body (issuing body)
Otros Autores: Magarey, Susan, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Adelaide : The University of Adelaide Press 1985.
Edición:New edition
Materias:
Spence, Catherine Helen, > 1825-1910.
Social reformers > Australia > South Australia > Biography.
Feminists > Australia > South Australia > Biography.
Women's rights > Australia > South Australia > History.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009427702506719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acquiring a room of her own
  • The line of least resistance
  • Faith and enlightenment
  • Edging out of the domestic sphere
  • Learning for the future
  • Round woman in her round hole
  • Prophet of the effective vote
  • The New Woman of South Australia : Grand Old Woman of Australia.

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