Teacher for justice: Lucy Woodcock's transnational life
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Beteiligte Personen: Goodall, Heather 1952- (VerfasserIn), Randerson, Helen (VerfasserIn), Ghosh, Devleena (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Acton ACT Australian National University Press [2019]
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Links:https://www.doabooks.org/doab?func=fulltext&uiLanguage=en&rid=36016
Abstract:'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
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 350 Seiten)
ISBN:9781760463052
1760463051