TY - BOOK AU - Garland,Maurice John TI - The trials of Isabella Mary Kelly: a pioneering woman's struggle for justice SN - 9781922036537 U1 - 994.4092 21 PY - 2012/// CY - Melbourne, Vic. PB - Brolga Publishing KW - Kelly, Isabella Mary, KW - Women KW - New South Wales KW - Social conditions KW - 19th century KW - Frontier and pioneer life KW - Australia KW - Women pioneers KW - Biography KW - Manning River Valley KW - Manning River Valley (N.S.W.) KW - fast KW - History N1 - Previous ed.: 2005; Signed by the author; Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Who was Isabella Mary Kelly? Media sensationalism and colourful folklore labelled her a "wanton with a whip" and a "bitter sadistic hell-cat of a woman". Legends of her infamous adventures with convicts and bushrangers were told. With care and attention to detail, Maurie Garland strips back the layers of rumour and misinformation to reveal the truth about Isabella Mary Kelly, a woman alone in the unforgiving Australian outback of the mid-nineteenth century. Hers is a story of a woman ahead of her time, and persecuted for her differences ER -