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Teacher for justice : Lucy Woodcock's transnational life / Heather Goodall, Helen Randerson and Devleena Ghosh.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: Acton, A.C.T. : Australian National University Press, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Description: xvi, 350 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • still image
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781760463045
  • 1760463043
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.43371 23
Online resources:
Contents:
Learning - Unions and the World: 1910s and 1920s. 1. Introduction: A Transnational Life -- 2. Unions -- Scars: 1930s. 3. Hunger -- 4. Love -- 5. Unity and Betrayal -- 6. Refugees and Hope -- 7. What Sort of Australia? 1938 -- Expanding Visions: 1939–1946. 8. Women and War -- 9. Recognising Race: Decolonisation -- Crossing Borders: 1945–1960s. 10. Red Scare -- 11. Into Asia -- 12. Peace and Prejudice -- 13. Uniting Women -- 14. Bringing the World Back Home -- Legacy. 15. Young in Hope.
Review: '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.
List(s) this item appears in: Lucy Woodcock
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode
Book Book Jessie Street National Women's Library General Stacks 305.43371 WOO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available for reference in the library and ILL Signed by Devleena Ghosh and Helen Randerson 68209

Dedication to the library by the authors, Helen Randerson and Devleena Ghosh.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-334) and index.

Learning - Unions and the World: 1910s and 1920s. 1. Introduction: A Transnational Life -- 2. Unions -- Scars: 1930s. 3. Hunger -- 4. Love -- 5. Unity and Betrayal -- 6. Refugees and Hope -- 7. What Sort of Australia? 1938 -- Expanding Visions: 1939–1946. 8. Women and War -- 9. Recognising Race: Decolonisation -- Crossing Borders: 1945–1960s. 10. Red Scare -- 11. Into Asia -- 12. Peace and Prejudice -- 13. Uniting Women -- 14. Bringing the World Back Home -- Legacy. 15. Young in Hope.

'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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