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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Acton, ACT, Australia :
Australian National University Press,
[2019]
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| Online Access: | Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed) |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 350 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-334) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781760463052 1760463051 |